Saint Cyrus the Anchorite, also known as Anba Karas (, ), was a saint of the

Coptic Orthodox Church The Coptic Orthodox Church (), also known as the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church based in Egypt. The head of the church and the See of Alexandria is the pope of Alexandria on the Holy Apo ...

who lived during the late fifth and early sixth centuries. According to his life, written by the Coptic monk Saint Bemwah (), and translated from the Syrian Monastery manuscripts by Archdeacon Aziz Nashed, he spent 57 years in isolation in the Scetis Desert in communion with God who visited him every day in his cave.

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