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Venerable Abbess Sarah of Sketis

Also known as Sarah of the Desert

A desert mother who struggled sixty years by the river without once looking upon it, and whose sayings of fearless humility are treasured among the words of the fathers.

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Sources: OCA Synaxarion (oca.org), Lives of the Saints