Ward: Abba Poemen said, "If I am in a place where there are enemies, I become a soldier." - Poemen

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Ward: Abba Poemen said, "If I am in a place where there are enemies, I become a soldier."

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Abba (c. 340–450) was an Egyptian Christian monk and early Desert Father who is the most quoted Abba (Father) in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers).

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