Comment by rramadass

There are a bunch of good documentaries about "Desert Fathers/Christians/Monks/etc." on Youtube about monks from the Coptic Christian Church in the Egyptian Desert.

Beautiful short documentary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMyyUVXKOrI

The Coptic Monasteries and Monks of the Egyptian Desert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K4urm3GD2I