St. Karas was the brother of Emperor Theodosius the Great. The saint realized the vanity of the world and therefore left all his possessions and went to the inner Western Wilderness where he lived for about fifty-seven years without seeing the face of a man. There was in the wilderness of Shiheet (Scete) a holy priest called Pemwah who shrouded the body of St. Hilaria. This father longed to see one of the servants of Christ, the hermits. The Lord helped him until he came to the inner wilderness, and he saw many of the saints. Everyone of them told him about his name, and the reason he came to the wilderness. But St. Pemwah asked each of them, "Is there is anyone who lives further in the inner desert?" They answered him, "Yes." He continued to walk until he finally arrived at St. Karas, the last one of them. St. Karas called him from inside his cell, "Welcome, Anba Pemwah, the priest of Shiheet." Anba Pemwah entered his cell, and after the greetings, St. Karas asked him about the news of the world, the governors and the faithful. At night, St. Karas prayed for a long time, then he knelt to the ground and delivered up his soul in the hands of the Lord. Anba Pemwah buried him in his cloak, then he returned glorifying God, telling everyone about the Saint and his strife.

May his prayers be with us, Amen.

(Coptic Synaxarion)