Moses The Black
Saint Moses the Black (Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲙⲱⲥⲏ) (330–405), (also known as Abba Moses the Robber, the Ethiopian and the Strong) was an ascetic monk and priest in Egypt in the fourth century AD, and a notable Desert Father.
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“So they took soot from the kiln, and stood before Pharaoh, and Moses threw it in the air, and it caused festering boils on humans and animals.”
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 9:10.
“the black wings
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hospital where
nothing
will grow”
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