Egypt
The eight year restoration of the 1600 year old Christian monastery St. Anthony's has recently been completed. The restorations to the monastery have been extensive including a tower, two churches and the monks quarters.
The monastery was founded by St. Anthony who lived in isolation in a cave and when he died his followers built the monastery. The timing on the completion of the job is good as it may hopefully bring a measure of calm and tolerance in lite of the recent religious based murders on the eve of Coptic Christmas.
- Restoration: St Anthony's Monastery
Yahoo! News Egypt's antiquities chief on Thursday unveiled the completion of an 8-year, $14.5 million restoration of the world's oldest Christian monastery, touting it as a sign of Christian-Muslim coexistence. The announcement at the 1,600-year-old...
- 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...
- Daily Photo - St Paul's Monastery
The Monastery of St Paul's Monastery is located in the Eastern Desert near the foot of the Red Sea Hills. The monastery is a living and functioning entity, with an intimacy that the more formal Monastery of St Anthony lacks. Past heritage and modern...
- Daily Photo - Coptic Art From The Eastern Desert
Coptic art from monasteries in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. St Paul's Monastery St Anthony's Monastery St Anthony's Monastery Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- 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
The Restoration of St. Anthony's Monastery
The eight year restoration of the 1600 year old Christian monastery St. Anthony's has recently been completed. The restorations to the monastery have been extensive including a tower, two churches and the monks quarters.
The monastery was founded by St. Anthony who lived in isolation in a cave and when he died his followers built the monastery. The timing on the completion of the job is good as it may hopefully bring a measure of calm and tolerance in lite of the recent religious based murders on the eve of Coptic Christmas.
- Restoration: St Anthony's Monastery
Yahoo! News Egypt's antiquities chief on Thursday unveiled the completion of an 8-year, $14.5 million restoration of the world's oldest Christian monastery, touting it as a sign of Christian-Muslim coexistence. The announcement at the 1,600-year-old...
- 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...
- Daily Photo - St Paul's Monastery
The Monastery of St Paul's Monastery is located in the Eastern Desert near the foot of the Red Sea Hills. The monastery is a living and functioning entity, with an intimacy that the more formal Monastery of St Anthony lacks. Past heritage and modern...
- Daily Photo - Coptic Art From The Eastern Desert
Coptic art from monasteries in the Eastern Desert of Egypt. St Paul's Monastery St Anthony's Monastery St Anthony's Monastery Egyptology News Blog, Andie Byrnes...
- 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...