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'''Saint Bishoi''' was the great Egyptian religious father who beheld an apparition of Lord Jesus Christ, and whose body is preserved at the monastery bearing his name in Shee-Hyt, Egypt, also known as [[Wadi el-Natrun]]. He was known for his love, meekness, simplicity, and for leading a very ascetic and prayerful life. He lived between 320 and 417AD.

'''Saint Bishoi''' was the great Egyptian religious father who beheld an apparition of Lord Jesus Christ, and whose body is preserved at the monastery bearing his name in Shee-Hyt, Egypt, also known as [[Wadi el-Natrun]]. He was known for his love, meekness, simplicity, and for leading a very [[Ascesis|ascetic]] and prayerful life. He lived between 320 and 417AD.

== Childhood ==

== Childhood ==

Around 340 AD, Bishoi left his home and parents, and travelled to the then desolate went to the wilderness of Shee-Hyt and became a monk under the guidance of Anba Bamouyah, who also ordained [[Saint Yehness]] the Short (also known as “John the Short”) into monastic tradition.

Around 340 AD, Bishoi left his home and parents, and travelled to the then desolate went to the wilderness of Shee-Hyt and became a monk under the guidance of Anba Bamouyah, who also ordained [[Saint Yehness]] the Short (also known as “John the Short”) into monastic tradition.

When [[Saint Bamouyah]] died, Bishoi and Yehness prayed for God's guidance, and an angel appeared to Bishoi, directing him to the site of the present monastery bearing his name, on which he was to live the life of a hermit. Over the years, he became the spiritual father of many monks who gathered around him, and thus developed his reputation for love, simplicity, kindness, and ascetic nature.

When [[Saint Bamouyah]] died, Bishoi and Yehness prayed for God's guidance, and an angel appeared to Bishoi, directing him to the site of the present monastery bearing his name, on which he was to live the life of a hermit. Over the years, he became the spiritual father of many monks who gathered around him, and thus developed his reputation for love, simplicity, kindness, and [[Ascesis|ascetic]] nature.

Bishoi often sought seclusion and quietness, so as to contemplate and expand his wisdom. [[Saint Ephrem the Syrian]] visited him, and Emperor Constantine and Jeremiah the prophet appeared to him in visions, and it is even said that because of Bishoi's love for [[God]] and his desire to be with Him always, he used to tie his hair with a rope to the ceiling of his cell in order to resist sleeping during his night prayers.  

Bishoi often sought seclusion and quietness, so as to contemplate and expand his wisdom. [[Saint Ephrem the Syrian]] visited him, and Emperor Constantine and Jeremiah the prophet appeared to him in visions, and it is even said that because of Bishoi's love for [[God]] and his desire to be with Him always, he used to tie his hair with a rope to the ceiling of his cell in order to resist sleeping during his night prayers.