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Who pioneered Christian cenobitic monasticism?
A
Basil of Caesarea
B
Anthony the Great
C
Pachomius the Great
D
Athanasius of Alexandria
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Pachomius, (born c. 290, probably in Upper Egypt-died 346; feast day May 9), one of the Desert Fathers and founder of Christian cenobitic (communal) monasticism, whose rule (book of observances) for monks is the earliest extant.

Detailed explanation-2: -Saint Pachomius To early generations of historians, the style of housing maintained by cenobitic monks was attributed to the same man usually hailed the “father of cenobitic monasticism, ‘’ St.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cenobitic (or coenobitic) monasticism is a monastic tradition that stresses community life. Often in the West the community belongs to a religious order, and the life of the cenobitic monk is regulated by a religious rule, a collection of precepts.

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