Dayr Al-Qusayr

Leave a Comment / Places / By Arsanious Adel

DAYR AL-QUSAYR From this village and as far as the one called DAYR AL-JABRAWI, the Arabian or eastern mountains between the Nile and Red Sea form a massif called Jabal Abu Fudah, which borders the Nile very closely for some 9 miles (15 km). There are two monasteries there, dedicated to Saint Theodorus and Saint …

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Pope In The Coptic Church

Leave a Comment / History / By Armia FAYEZ

POPE IN THE COPTIC CHURCH From the Latin papa and the Greek pappas, diminutive for “father”; the Coptic apa is from the Aramaic abba (hence the Arabic baba after the Arab conquest). In medieval Arabic literature, the term also appears as al-Bab. The title “pope” has been in use in the Egyptian church from the …

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Papyrus Discoveries

Leave a Comment / Heritage / By Armia FAYEZ

PAPYRUS DISCOVERIES The dry climate of Egypt is responsible for the preservation of the many literary memorials of the country, the ostraca as well as the sources written on papyrus, parchment, and (later) paper, which may be subdivided into literary and nonliterary. They were and are found either by chance, mostly by fellahin digging for …

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Dayr Al-Shuhada’ (Akhmim)

Leave a Comment / Places / By Youssef Matta

DAYR AL-SHUHADA’ (Akhmim) History The Monastery of the Martyrs is situated on a slight elevation in the desert, about half a mile north of al-Hawawish, which is itself about 4 miles (6 km) east of Akhmim. It is neighbor to two other monasteries, DAYR AL-MALAK MIKHA’IL and DAYR AL-‘ADHRA’ (Monastery of the Virgin). Several travelers …

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Dayr Al-Shahid Tadrus Al-Muharib

Leave a Comment / Places / By Youssef Matta

DAYR AL-SHAHID TADRUS AL-MUHARIB An unoccupied monastery southwest of MADINAT HABU, the great Temple of the Dead of Ramses III. Also located in the vicinity is a Coptic cemetery that is still in use today. The church of this monastery has five altars arranged side by side, of which, however, only the three southern ones …

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