Egypt
- Restoration: St Antony's Monastery, Eastern Desert
Egypt State Information Service Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawas inaugurated on 21/1 / 2010 the restoration works and development of the monastery of St. Anthony at Red Sea. It is considered the first monastery in...
- Feature: St Anthony's Monastery, Red Sea Hills
Heritage Key (Paula Veiga) With video showing some great views of the Coptic monastery and its painting and footage of restoration and excavations which have revealed a 6th Century church and which the monks hope will eventually reveal the tomb of Saint...
- Conference: Coptic Heritage - History And Creativity
SECOND ANNUAL COPTIC STUDIES SYMPOSIUM COPTIC HERITAGE: HISTORY AND CREATIVITY SATURDAY MARCH 21sT 2009 University College Auditorium - Room 140, 15 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 3H7. Co-Sponsored by the Department of Near and Middle Eastern...
- More Re Earliest Page Found At Deir Al-surian
The Art Newspaper Fragments of the earliest dated Christian literary manuscript have been found at Deir al-Surian, an ancient monastery in the Egyptian desert. Dating from 411 AD, these were discovered under a collapsed floor of a ninth-century tower....
- Coptic Studies
Desert Fathershttp://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/796/pe2.htmAn article looking at the Coptic monasteries and, in particular, the fate of the manuscripts of Deir Al-Surian: "Syrian monks had always frequented Wadi Al-Natrun ever since the fourth century....
Egypt
Conserving the Deir Al-Surian library
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/824/he1.htm
"The Coptic monastery known as Deir Al-Surian, or the Monastery of the Syrians, contains more than 3,000 books as well as a vast number of texts in Syriac, Aramaic (the language of Christ), Coptic, Arabic and Ethiopic. They date upwards from the fifth century and today, as a result of the revival in Coptic monasticism in recent years, a new generation of educated monks are anxious to safeguard this heritage. Both Syrian and Coptic monks are engaged in their conservation, as well as restoration of the monastery itself.
Collaborating with them on what is known as the Deir Al-Surian Library Project is the Levantine Foundation."
Collaborating with them on what is known as the Deir Al-Surian Library Project is the Levantine Foundation."
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- Restoration: St Antony's Monastery, Eastern Desert
Egypt State Information Service Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities Dr. Zahi Hawas inaugurated on 21/1 / 2010 the restoration works and development of the monastery of St. Anthony at Red Sea. It is considered the first monastery in...
- Feature: St Anthony's Monastery, Red Sea Hills
Heritage Key (Paula Veiga) With video showing some great views of the Coptic monastery and its painting and footage of restoration and excavations which have revealed a 6th Century church and which the monks hope will eventually reveal the tomb of Saint...
- Conference: Coptic Heritage - History And Creativity
SECOND ANNUAL COPTIC STUDIES SYMPOSIUM COPTIC HERITAGE: HISTORY AND CREATIVITY SATURDAY MARCH 21sT 2009 University College Auditorium - Room 140, 15 King's College Circle, Toronto, ON M5S 3H7. Co-Sponsored by the Department of Near and Middle Eastern...
- More Re Earliest Page Found At Deir Al-surian
The Art Newspaper Fragments of the earliest dated Christian literary manuscript have been found at Deir al-Surian, an ancient monastery in the Egyptian desert. Dating from 411 AD, these were discovered under a collapsed floor of a ninth-century tower....
- Coptic Studies
Desert Fathershttp://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2006/796/pe2.htmAn article looking at the Coptic monasteries and, in particular, the fate of the manuscripts of Deir Al-Surian: "Syrian monks had always frequented Wadi Al-Natrun ever since the fourth century....