Egypt
Heritage Key (Paula Veiga)
- Third Church Discovered At Bawit
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) A large new church, monastic burials and a vaulted room filled with Coptic wall paintings - new excavation work at the Monastery of Saint Apollo at Bawit is yielding a wealth of remarkable finds. One of the team members, Dr....
- The Father Of All Monks
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The world's oldest monastery has had a facelift to smooth out the cracks. Nevine El-Aref sees what the conservationists have been up to “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and...
- 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...
- Travel: St Paul's Monastery, Eastern Desert
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/827/feature.htm"Located in the Eastern Desert, Saint Paul Monastery remains one of the most popular in Egypt, attracting a regular horde of visitors tempted as much by the desert journey as by the architectural and spiritual...
- St. Paul Monastery Opens After Renovation
http://tinyurl.com/o7qpf (sis.gov.eg) "The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has re-opened St. Paul Monastery for visits by Egyptian and foreign tourists after three-year renovation works. Founded in the 4th century in the shape of a fort among the...
Egypt
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 Anthony himself.
The Christian Monastery of Saint Anthony, or Deir Mar Antonios, is the the first ever monastery, and lies at the coast of the Red Sea, to the east of the Fayum oasis. Dedicated to St Anthony, it was founded in 356 AD immediately after the saint's death, and is now the oldest Christian monastery still active in the world. Near the monastery (2 km away) there is also St. Anthony's cave, where he lived as a hermit.
This video provides a rare glimpse inside this wonderful monastery, filled with art and the postumous home of a hermit saint, Saint Anthony. Monasticism was a reality in Egypt after the first followers of Jesus entered the country and from here, from the land of the extinct pharaohs, monks and monastic life spread out to all the rest of the world.
- Third Church Discovered At Bawit
Heritage Key (Owen Jarus) A large new church, monastic burials and a vaulted room filled with Coptic wall paintings - new excavation work at the Monastery of Saint Apollo at Bawit is yielding a wealth of remarkable finds. One of the team members, Dr....
- The Father Of All Monks
Al Ahram Weekly (Nevine El-Aref) The world's oldest monastery has had a facelift to smooth out the cracks. Nevine El-Aref sees what the conservationists have been up to “If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and...
- 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...
- Travel: St Paul's Monastery, Eastern Desert
http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2007/827/feature.htm"Located in the Eastern Desert, Saint Paul Monastery remains one of the most popular in Egypt, attracting a regular horde of visitors tempted as much by the desert journey as by the architectural and spiritual...
- St. Paul Monastery Opens After Renovation
http://tinyurl.com/o7qpf (sis.gov.eg) "The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has re-opened St. Paul Monastery for visits by Egyptian and foreign tourists after three-year renovation works. Founded in the 4th century in the shape of a fort among the...