Evagrius ponticus biography of mahatma

The first question anyone will ask you when you are studying such an obscure person as Evagrius Pontus is "Who is that?"

The second question will be "Why on earth is he important?"

So to begin with, I suppose we should talk a little bit about Evagrius' life, and then we can speak more to his importance and general thought after that.

Evagrius was born in 345 c.e., the son of the chorbishop of Ibora in Pontus (that is, modern day Iverönü, Turkey).[1] He fell under the influence of St.

Basil (“the Great”), who had retired to live the ascetic life nearby at his family estate in Annesi, and who eventually ordained Evagrius to be a lector at the church in that area.[2] Though his biography is, at this point, incomplete, the next clear date in his life is the year he was ordained a deacon by the bishop of Sasima, Gregory Nazianzen, in 379.[3] Gregory subsequently brought Evagrius with him to Alexandria as his archdeacon, inviting him to he