St. Yareth of Alexandria

St. Yareth of Alexandria

Yareth (Yoreth) was a monk who was trained in the monastery of Pachomius and then later joined the monks of the circle of Mar Awgin on Mount Izla. He visited the monastery of Mar Ahha, near where the ark of the covenant of Moses was. He converted the region of Beth Zabdai. There he built a monastery and lived with his disciple Quryaqos. The Syriac Life of Mar Yaret the Alexandrian: http://bit.ly/VitaYareth RSoH