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vierde dag: Deir el Baramus, Alexandrië en Deir Anba Mina

Onze laatste dag in Wadi al Natrun. s’ Morgens bezoeken we het klooster der Romeinen (Deir el Baramous) en daarna reizen we naar Alexandriëen het klooster van de heilige Mina (Deir Anba Mina)

heilige Mena
de heilige Mena op koptische icoon
The great martyr St. Mina was an Egyptian young man who came from a large family, with rulers’ status. He left the army to live in the desert and be filled with the blessings of the heavens. He then publicly declared his faith in Christ and was martyred for Christ’s beloved name, after suffering great tribulations.
 
Bron: stmina-monastery.org

Deir el Baramus | Deir Anba Mina

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derde dag: Liturgie in het Macarios klooster
en bezoeken aan Deir Anba Bishoy en Deir el Souryan

Vanmorgen vieren we de Goddelijke Liturgie in het Macarios klooster. s’ Middags brengen we bezoeken aan de kloosters van de heilige Bishoy (Deir Anba Bishoy) en het klooster der Syriër. (Deir el Souryan)

Makarios monastery
koptische icoon van de heilige Bishoy

klooster van de heilige Bishoy

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tweede dag: Macarios klooster
Macarios klooster

During the first centuries of monasticism in Egypt, tens of thousands of minks inhabited monastic settlements throughout the Egypt, and around 550, prior to the fourth sack of the Wadi, John of Petra claims there were some 3,500 monks living in the various monasteries in the area. However, because of a poll tax which was imposed on the monks from 705 onward, monasticism began to decline. The Coptic historian Mauhub ibn Mansur ibn Mufarrig states that there were only 712 monks at Wadi Habib (Wadi al-Natrun) in 1088, divided among seven monasteries, consisting of:

400 Monks in the Monastery of St. Macarius
156 Monks in the Monastery of John the Little
60 Monks in the Monastery of the Syrians
40 Monks in the Monastery of Anba Bishoi
25 Monks in the Monastery of John Kame
20 Monks in the Monstery of Al-Baramus
2 Monks in the Cave of Moses

Bron: touregypt.net

Bron: touregypt.net