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The Red Monastery Conservation Project

The Red Monastery Conservation Project – 2006 and 2007 Campaigns: Contributing to the Corpus of late antique Art THE MASSIVE WALL painting conservation project now underway in the church at the Red Monastery near Sohag is contributing substantially to the known corpus of late antique art. Obscured under layers of soot, dust and varnish …

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St. Cyril Melkite Catholic Church (HELIOPOLIS)

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

St. Cyril Melkite Catholic Church (HELIOPOLIS) THE CHURCH OF ST. CYRIL is located on al-Thawra Street, Corba, Heliopolis, Cairo. The church is dedicated to St. Cyril, Patriarch of Alexandria (412-444), who is considered one of the greatest figures of early Christianity because he defended the title of the Virgin Mary, “Mother of God,” against Nestorius. …

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Rite Of Glorifications

Liturgy, System / By Armia FAYEZ

RITE OF GLORIFICATIONS This rite is performed before an icon of a saint, either after Vesper prayers or after the Eucharistic liturgy. Sometimes the rite is performed during a visit of the tomb or the pilgrimage center of a saint. In commemoration of the saint, the faithful chant the Doxology Adam—a glorification of the saint’s …

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The Twelve Virtues

Books / By Armia FAYEZ

THE TWELVE VIRTUES The Twelve Virtues seem to be a monastic tradition from Upper Egypt and are illustrated in a niche of Bawit (chapel 6). Chapel 42 contains another inscription mentioning the twelve virtues of the Holy Spirit. The Book of Ordinations mentions that the bishop says inaudibly: “ . . . Me, the poor …

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Dayr Apa Jeremiah (Saqqara)

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

DAYR APA JEREMIAH (Saqqara) History We do not know if Jeremiah was the founder of the monastery that bears his name, or if he succeeded someone else. According to JOHN OF NIKIOU (Chronicle, chap. 89, pp. 4-14), Anastasius, the future emperor of Byzantium (491-518), visited Saint Jeremiah in his lifetime, when he himself was exiled …

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John The Little (339-409)

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

JOHN THE LITTLE (339-409) A Saint and monk. He is a renowned figure among the Desert Fathers. He is known from the Apophthegmata partum, which preserves nine sayings under his name, and a Coptic “Life” attributed to Zacharias, the eighth-century Bishop of Sakha. He is also commemorated in the Arabic Synaxarion of the Copts. John …

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Dayr Epiphanius

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

DAYR EPIPHANIUS A small semi-anchoritic community that existed around 580-640 on the “Holy Hill of Djeme” (Madinat Habu) in Western Thebes in Upper Egypt. The hermits who dwelled there had, like those in Kellia, Nitria, and Scetis, formed a laura around the cell of a Monophysite Coptic anchorite. In this case, it was Epiphanius who …

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Monastic And Liturgical Vestments

Liturgy / By Armia FAYEZ

MONASTIC AND LITURGICAL VESTMENTS Many sources show the evolution of the monastic and liturgical vestments, which are attested in Egypt as early as the fourth century. The description of Evagrius, Palladius, and the Saying of the fathers gave the names of some monastic vestments in Lower Egypt. The Middle Egyptian tradition of the period is …

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Theodosius Of Alexandria

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

THEODOSIUS OF ALEXANDRIA A Saint and patriarch. He was the 33rd patriarch of Alexandria (535-566). He is commemorated on the 28th of Baounah. He was a devoted friend and disciple of Severus of Antioch. Riots of the Gaianites followed his consecration. He was able to exercise his authority only briefly but later was forced to …

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Jesus Prayer

Culture / By Armia FAYEZ

JESUS PRAYER The Jesus Prayer is a supplication of penance, known today by its modern prayer formula “Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.” Both the practice and the wording of the Jesus Prayer are deeply rooted in biblical spirituality. The Jesus Prayer is recited repeatedly in penitential contemplation, following …

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