Amma Syncletica of Alexandria (c. 270–350 AD) came to visit and teach with us today at Trexo!
She is perhaps the most “Trexo-ready” of all the Desert Mothers. While many monks of her time were focused on isolated feats of endurance, Syncletica was a spiritual director who specialized in the “gymnastics of the soul.”
She was one of the few women whose teac…
