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Pbow

PBOW History Pbow is the Coptic name of the second and most important monastery of Saint PACHOMIUS. For centuries the superior of the whole Pachomian congregation resided at Pbow. The site is now considered equivalent to the town of Faw al-Qibli (Faw of the South, in contrast with the neighboring village Faw al-Bahari, Faw of …

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Mark, Saint

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

MARK, SAINT One of the Twelve Apostles of Christ, traditionally regarded as the author of the Gospel of Mark and the first patriarch of the Coptic church (feast day: 30 Baramudah). The meager historical sources on Saint Mark’s life have given rise to conflicting accounts about his personality and even about his Gospel. Whereas liberal …

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Monasteries In And Around Alexandria

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

MONASTERIES IN AND AROUND ALEXANDRIA Very few monasteries in the city of Alexandria are mentioned in the texts besides those of Brucheum, of Paul the Leper, and of the Tabennesiotes if, indeed Tabennesiotes was located in Alexandria itself. Most were at the town gates or some distance away. To the northeast was the Monastery of …

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Monasteries In The Daqahliyyah Province

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

MONASTERIES IN THE DAQAHLIYYAH PROVINCE This province occupies the northern part of the Delta between the Mediterranean, the Suez Canal, and the so-called Damietta Branch of the Nile. The monastic settlements attested in this region by literary evidence are fairly numerous. We distinguish them by the actual markaz (district) in which they were situated. Nawasa …

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Monasteries In The Gharbiyyah Province

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

MONASTERIES IN THE GHARBIYYAH PROVINCE Testimonies are relatively numerous concerning the monasteries of this province, which occupies the north of the Delta between the two branches of the Nile, that of Damietta (Dumyat) and that of Rosetta (Rashid). Mentioned are the sites of Diolkos and hermitages at Naqizah and Sinjar. To the north near the …

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Monasteries In The Minufiyyah Province

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

MONASTERIES IN THE MINUFIYYAH PROVINCE This province occupies the southern part of the Delta between the two principal branches of the Nile, that of Rosetta to the west and that of Damietta to the east. The traces of and witnesses for monastic establishments here are very few in number, for we can cite only Atris …

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Naqizah

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

NAQIZAH A town in the province of Gharbiyyah. ABU AL- MAKARIM, in his description of the churches and monasteries of Lower Egypt, situates at Naqzah a monastery, the lofty buildings of which could be seen from Damietta. He indicates its position as “near the salt sea, to the east of Nastarawah [al-Burullus].” He adds that …

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Coptic See Of Jerusalem

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

COPTIC SEE OF JERUSALEM From the beginning of the Christian era, Egypt and Egyptians have had a privileged status in Jerusalem. In the Acts of the Apostles, it is mentioned that Egyptians were among those who witnessed the descent of the Holy Spirit on Pentecost. It is also mentioned (Acts 6:9) that Alexandrians, with others, …

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Dayr Yuhanna (Damanhur Shubra)

Places / By Youssef Matta

DAYR YUHANNA (Damanhur Shubra) A monastery celebrated for pilgrimages to the body of Saint John that attracted many faithful, mentioned by al-Shabushti at the end of the tenth or beginning of the eleventh century (1939, p. 28). ABU AL-MAKARIM (1177-1204) devotes a short passage to Damanhur Shubra (1984, p. 25). According to this author, the …

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Dayr Sitt Dimyanah

Places / By Youssef Matta

DAYR SITT DIMYANAH A monastery near Bilqas. History It is very probable that the Dayr Jimyanah (or Dimyanah) described by al-MAQRIZI (d. 1441) and the present Dayr Sitt Dimyanah (to the north of Bilqas) are one and the same place, as suggested by ‘ABD AL-MASIH SALIB AL-MAS‘UDI (1924, p.149). The orthography given by al-Maqrizi, Jimyanah, …

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