Saint Karas

Saint Karas the Anchorite, also known as Anbba Karas (الأنبا كاراس), was a saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church who lived during the late fifth and early sixth centuries.^[1] According to his biographer, the Egyptian monk Saint Pambo, he spent 57 years in isolation in the Scetis Desert in communion with God.

References

Further reading

• "Abba Karas the Anchorite" Coptichymns.net.
• "Anba Karas The Anchorite" Abba Antony, vol. 7, June 1997
• H.H. Pope Shenouda III. "Our Fathers the Anchorites"