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|SaintName=Saint Moses the Black | |SaintName=Saint Moses the Black | ||
|SaintStage=Saint | |SaintStage=Saint | ||
| | |FeastDay=August 28 | ||
|SaintBirthPlace=Pharan, Ethiopia (traditional) | |SaintBirthPlace=Pharan, Ethiopia (traditional) | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=8.0000, 37.0000 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=8.0000, 37.0000 | ||
|DeathPlace=Scetis, Wadi El Natrun, Egypt | |DeathPlace=Scetis, Wadi El Natrun, Egypt | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=30.3833, 30.3333 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=30.3833, 30.3333 | ||
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|NotableLabel3=Site of monastic life and martyrdom | |NotableLabel3=Site of monastic life and martyrdom | ||
|NotableCoordinates3=30.3833, 30.3333 | |NotableCoordinates3=30.3833, 30.3333 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=Egypt; Ethiopia; United States | ||
| | |AssociatedDioceses=[[Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Los Angeles]] | ||
|Canonized=Yes | |Canonized=Yes | ||
|SaintMiracle1=Taming of wild lions to guard monastery | |SaintMiracle1=Taming of wild lions to guard monastery | ||
|SaintMiracle2=Healing of a possessed man through prayer | |SaintMiracle2=Healing of a possessed man through prayer | ||
|Profession=Slave; robber; monk; martyr | |Profession=Slave; robber; monk; martyr | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Early Christian (Desert Father) | |ReligiousAffiliation=Early Christian (Desert Father) | ||
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|PrimaryShrine=Paromeos Monastery, Wadi El Natrun, Egypt | |PrimaryShrine=Paromeos Monastery, Wadi El Natrun, Egypt | ||
|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church; Coptic Orthodox Church | |AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church; Coptic Orthodox Church | ||
|ReviewLevel=0 | |ReviewLevel=0 | ||
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'''Saint Moses the Black''', also known as Moses the Ethiopian or Moses the Strong (c. AD 330–405), was a 4th-century Egyptian monk, ascetic, and martyr of the Desert Fathers tradition, celebrated for his dramatic conversion from a life of crime to profound humility and nonviolence, embodying repentance and spiritual warfare.<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_the_Black|title=Moses the Black|publisher=Wikipedia|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> Born in Ethiopia as a slave to a government official, historical accounts from the ''Apophthegmata Patrum'' (Sayings of the Fathers) and Palladius's ''Lausiac History'' (c. AD 420) confirm his youth marked by violence and robbery after fleeing slavery, leading a band of outlaws in the Nile Delta before a hunting incident—pursued by authorities, he sought refuge with monks who converted him c. AD 360.<ref name="oca">{{Cite web|url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2019/08/28/102245-moses-the-black-moor-of-scete|title=Moses the Black, Wonderworker of Scete|publisher=Orthodox Church in America|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> Baptized and tonsured, he embraced extreme asceticism in the Wadi El Natrun desert, renowned for his towering stature (hence "the Strong") and battles against demons, advising Abba Poemen and founding a monastic cell for 70 brethren.<ref name="newadvent">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10577a.htm|title=St. Moses the Black|publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> | '''Saint Moses the Black''', also known as Moses the Ethiopian or Moses the Strong (c. AD 330–405), was a 4th-century Egyptian monk, ascetic, and martyr of the Desert Fathers tradition, celebrated for his dramatic conversion from a life of crime to profound humility and nonviolence, embodying repentance and spiritual warfare.<ref name="wiki">{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_the_Black|title=Moses the Black|publisher=Wikipedia|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> Born in Ethiopia as a slave to a government official, historical accounts from the ''Apophthegmata Patrum'' (Sayings of the Fathers) and Palladius's ''Lausiac History'' (c. AD 420) confirm his youth marked by violence and robbery after fleeing slavery, leading a band of outlaws in the Nile Delta before a hunting incident—pursued by authorities, he sought refuge with monks who converted him c. AD 360.<ref name="oca">{{Cite web|url=https://www.oca.org/saints/lives/2019/08/28/102245-moses-the-black-moor-of-scete|title=Moses the Black, Wonderworker of Scete|publisher=Orthodox Church in America|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> Baptized and tonsured, he embraced extreme asceticism in the Wadi El Natrun desert, renowned for his towering stature (hence "the Strong") and battles against demons, advising Abba Poemen and founding a monastic cell for 70 brethren.<ref name="newadvent">{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10577a.htm|title=St. Moses the Black|publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=2025-10-20}}</ref> | ||