CYRIL II

Leave a Comment / Eminent / By Arsanious Adel

CYRIL II The sixty-seventh patriarch of the See of Saint Mark (1078-1092). Cyril was a monk of the Monastery of Saint Macarius (DAYR ANBA MAQAR), and his original name was George (Jirja). Nothing is known about his secular life or his date of birth beyond the fact that he was a native of the province …

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Shenute II

Leave a Comment / Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

SHENUTE II The sixty-fifth patriarch of the See of Saint Mark (1032-1046). Shenute was a native of the town of Tilbanat-‘Adiy, but the date of his birth is unknown. He joined the Monastery of Saint Macarius (DAYR ANBA MAQAR) at the youthful age of fourteen. The HISTORY OF THE PATRIARCHS records that he was an …

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Mahallat Abu ‘Ali

Leave a Comment / Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

MAHALLAT ABU ‘ALI A town mentioned in the HISTORY OF THE PATRIARCHS as the home of a dumb, lame man who was brought to Saint Bessus in DAYR YUHANNIS KAMA where he was healed. This account, which indicates that Mahallat Abu ‘Ali had a Christian community in the latter half of the eleventh century, does …

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Monasteries Of The Upper Sa‘Id

Leave a Comment / Places / By Armia FAYEZ

MONASTERIES OF THE UPPER SA‘ID. The upper Sa‘id encompasses the southern third of the Nile Valley, according to its division (from Cairo to Aswan) into three sections by the ancient Greek geographers and their Arabic imitators (see Grohmann, 1959, pp. 21, 27). Left or West Bank The first site is at Abydos, which was greatly …

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Dayr Yuhannis Al-Qasir

Leave a Comment / Places / By Youssef Matta

DAYR YUHANNIS AL-QASIR A monastery in Wadi al-Natrun founded in the fourth century (c. A.D. 380) by Abba Yuhannis according to the instructions of his father, Amoi. Tradition relates that the latter planted his staff in the sand and asked his son to water it regularly, although the closest well was 12 miles (19 km) …

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Dayr Yuhannis (Al-Minshah)

Leave a Comment / Places / By Youssef Matta

DAYR YUHANNIS (Al-Minshah) On the right bank of the Nile, about 6 miles (10 km) south of DAYR ANBA BISADAH, and hence of the town of al-Minshah (the ancient Psoi/Ptolemais Hermiou), are the ruins of a village, a necropolis, and a Coptic monastery named for Saint John. A little farther to the south, in the …

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