She devoted herself to spiritual practice and helping pilgrims. She had connections with the desert fathers, the early group of Christian ascetics who practiced austerities all their life. So she would guide these promising young men and she saw that this Evagrius was really promising. So she told him that you should become a monk and live your rest of your life. Since you want to search for God all your life and you don't want anything else, then do this. He agreed and she took him to a group of monks whom she supported gave money - they were very austere. We hear about how austere he himself was. How he would stand in the cold of the desert night in