The Monastery of St Anthony in Egypt: the oldest monastic retreat in the world
The Monastery of St Anthony in Egypt: the oldest monastic retreat in the world
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St Anthony’s Monastery nestles amid the Red Sea Mountains, at an oasis in Egypt’s Eastern Desert, dozens of kilometers away from the Red Sea. There are seven... 13.02.2010, Sputnik International
St Anthony’s Monastery nestles amid the Red Sea Mountains, at an oasis in Egypt’s Eastern Desert, dozens of kilometers away from the Red Sea. There are seven churches on its territory of approximately ten hectares. One of them, the oldest, stands on the site where St Anthony was buried.
St Anthony’s Monastery nestles amid the Red Sea Mountains, at an oasis in Egypt’s Eastern Desert, dozens of kilometers away from the Red Sea. There are seven churches on its territory of approximately ten hectares. One of them, the oldest, stands on the site where St Anthony was buried.
St Anthony the Great is believed to have lived as a hermit and died in a rock cave above the site of the present-day monastery. More than a thousand stairs lead to the cave of St Anthony.
Murals in a church in the Monastery of St Anthony.
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