He was not a priest, but his was apparently a greater holiness in that his separation was to a specific vow with a total dedication. I recall hearing, as a boy, of a man who, some years before in Armenia, had stepped aside from his normal vocation to study the writings of exceptionally profound monastic writers of the early centuries. He had traveled to a monastic library to do his research and had lived briefly like a monk. The Nazarite vow and life was similar; however diverse its specific form,