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'''Mar Awgin''' (died 363 AD),<ref group="note">''The Oxford History Of Christian Worship'' states that Mar Awgin died in '''A.D. 370'''. <br>
:* (Geoffrey Wainwright. ''[http://books.google.ca/books?id=Si8axR7yC7wC&pg=PA165&lpg=PA165&dq=Mar+Awgin%27s+feast+day&source=bl&ots=5N4oc9ZAFp&sig=nw9GbHZJAdRQTLHEHyHA9MBl4VY&hl=en&sa=X&ei=6L21T6r3D8GJgwesh6zlCg&ved=0CFgQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Mar%20Awgin%27s%20feast%20day&f=false The Oxford History Of Christian Worship].'' Oxford University Press, 2006. p.165.)
However based on the Syriac text, according to the ''Historia Monastica of Thomas Bishop of Marga'' (A.D. 840), it states that Mar Awgin died on the 21st of [[w:Nisan|Nisan]] in '''A.D. 363''', as an old man (while noting that there is some doubt about the accuracy of this date.<br>
:* ([[w:Toma bar Yacoub|Thomas Bishop of Marga]] A.D. 840. ''The Book of Governors.'' Transl. E.A. [[w:Wallis Budge|Wallis Budge]]. Vol. I. London, 1893. p. cxxxi.)</ref> also known as '''Awgin of Clysma''',<ref name=CLYSMA>[[w:Toma bar Yacoub|Thomas Bishop of Marga]] A.D. 840. ''The Book of Governors.'' Transl. E.A. [[w:Wallis Budge|Wallis Budge]]. Vol. II. London, 1893. p.694.</ref> '''Augin''', '''Eugenios''', or '''Eugene''' founded the first [[cenobitic]] [[monastery]] of Asia and is regarded as the founder of monasticism in [[w:Mesopotamia|Mesopotamia]].<ref name="CLYSMA"/>

He is on the calendar of saints of the [[Assyrian Church of the East]] and the [[Church of Antioch (Syriac)|Syriac Orthodox Church]], with a movable feast day.

==Biography==
===In Egypt===
Originally, Saint Eugenios was a pearl-fisher from the island Clysma or Kolzum near Suez in Egypt. After having worked for 25 years, he joined the monastery of [[Pachomius the Great]] in Upper Egypt, where he worked as a baker. He is reported to have possessed spiritual gifts and worked miracles, and drawn some following from among the [[monk]]s.

===In Mesopotamia===
About 70 monks accompanied him when he left Egypt for Mesopotamia, where he founded a monastery on [[w:Mount Izla|Mount Izla]] above the city of [[w:Nusaybin|Nisibis]].

The location was well chosen, for Nisibis lay on the eastern edge of the Roman Empire, which had just embraced [[Introduction to Orthodox Christianity|Christianity]] as the official religion. The rest of Mesopotamia was under Sassanid rule, which tried to revive the [[w:Zoroastrian|Zoroastrian]] religion and occasionally persecuted the Christian population.

The community on Mt. Izla grew rapidly, and from here other monasteries were founded throughout Mesopotamia, [[Assyrian Church of the East|Persia]], [[Church of Armenia|Armenia]], [[Church of Georgia|Georgia]], and even [[Church of India|India]] and [[Church of China|China]].

==Later Monastic Revival on Mt. Izla==
A crisis occurred during the 6th century when, in order to please the Zoroastrian rulers, the [[Assyrian Church of the East|Assyrian Church]] decided that all monks and [[nun]]s should marry. Many left the church to join the [[Monophysite]] denomination and spiritual life declined.

However the reforms were soon reverted. [[w:Abraham the Great of Kashkar|Abraham the Great of Kashkar]] founded a new monastery on [[w:Mount Izla|Mount Izla]], and he and his successor [[w:Babai the Great|Babai the Great]] revived the strict monastic movement. Married monks were driven out, the teaching of the church was set on a firm Orthodox basis, and Assyrian monasticism flourished for another thousand years.

==See also==
* [[Jacob of Nisibis]]
'''Wikipedia'''<br>
* [[w:Abraham the Great of Kashkar|Abraham the Great of Kashkar]] <small>(father of the Assyrian monastic revival in the 6th c.)</small>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==Sources==
* [[w:Mar Awgin|Mar Awgin]]. Wikipedia.

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 ==Biography==
 ===In Egypt===
-Originally, Saint Eugenios was a pearl-fisher from the island Clysma or Kolzum near Suez in Egypt. After having worked for 25 years, he joined the monastery of [[Pachomius the Great]] in Upper Egypt, where he worked as a baker. He is reported to have possessed spiritual gifts and worked miracles, and drawn some following from among the [[monk]]s.
+Originally, Saint Eugenios was a pearl-fisher from the island Clysma or Kolzum near Suez in Egypt. After having worked for 25 years, he joined the monastery of [[Pachomius the Great]] in Upper Egypt, where he worked as a baker. He is reported to have possessed spiritual gifts and worked [[miracle]]s, and drawn some following from among the [[monk]]s.
 ===In Mesopotamia===
-About 70 monks accompanied him when he left Egypt for Mesopotamia, where he founded a monastery on [[w:Mount Izla|Mount Izla]] above the city of [[w:Nusaybin|Nisibis]].
+About 70 monks accompanied him when he left Egypt for Mesopotamia, where he founded a monastery on [[w:Mount Izla|Mount Izla]] above the city of [[w:Nusaybin|Nisibis]]. The location was well chosen, for Nisibis lay on the eastern edge of the Roman Empire, which had just embraced [[Introduction to Orthodox Christianity|Christianity]] as the official religion. The rest of Mesopotamia was under Sassanid rule, which tried to revive the [[w:Zoroastrian|Zoroastrian]] religion and occasionally persecuted the Christian population.
-The location was well chosen, for Nisibis lay on the eastern edge of the Roman Empire, which had just embraced [[Introduction to Orthodox Christianity|Christianity]] as the official religion. The rest of Mesopotamia was under Sassanid rule, which tried to revive the [[w:Zoroastrian|Zoroastrian]] religion and occasionally persecuted the Christian population.
+<blockquote>After leaving the [[w:Thebaid|Thebaid]] Awgin retired to Syria, and finally settled on Mount Izla, near the city of Nisibis, where [[Jacob of Nisibis|Jacob]], the founder of the [[w:School of Nisibis|School of Nisibis]], was then bishop. This was in A.D. 325. Following Awgin's example, all subsequent monastic establishments in Mesopotamia settled in the rocky hills, just as the Egyptian ones went into the desert. On Izla Awgin gathered three hundred and fifty followers, and this community became the parent and metropolis of a monastic life which spread over Mesopotamia, Armenia and Persia. [[Jacob of Nisibis]] greatly encouraged this outburst of monasticism, himself building a church for the use of the dwellers of Mount Izla.<ref>De Lacy O'Leary. ''[http://books.google.ca/books?id=d1ySpviy62YC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false The Syriac Church and Fathers].'' Gorgias Reprint Series, Volume 23. Gorgias Press LLC, 2002. p.63.</ref></blockquote>
 The community on Mt. Izla grew rapidly, and from here other monasteries were founded throughout Mesopotamia, [[Assyrian Church of the East|Persia]], [[Church of Armenia|Armenia]], [[Church of Georgia|Georgia]], and even [[Church of India|India]] and [[Church of China|China]].

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