Coptic Egypt : history and guide /

Coptic Egypt : history and guide /

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Main Author: Kamil, Jill (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Cairo, Egypt : American University in Cairo Press, c1987.

Subjects:

Coptic Church > History.
Copts > History.
Egypt > Church history.

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Call Number: BX133.2 .K36 1987

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Table of Contents:
  • Historical background
  • Early Christianity
  • Coptic Christianity today
  • Coptic art
  • Old Cairo. Church of Al Moallaka ; Church of St. Sergius ; Church of St. Barbara ; Synagogue of Ben Ezra ; Convent of St. George ; Convent of St. Mercurius
  • The Coptic museum
  • Coptic monasteries. The monasteries of Wadi Natrun: Mon. of St. Makar, Mon. of the Syrians, Mon. of St. Bishai, Mon. of the Romans ; The monasteries of the Red Sea: Mon. of St. Antony, Mon. of St. Paul ; The monasteries in Middle Egypt: Mon. of St. Palomen, The White Monastery, The Red Monastery, Mon. of St. Thomas, Mon. of Deir el Muharrak ; The monasteries south of Luxor: Mon. of the Holy Martyrs (Esna), Mon. of St. Simeon (Aswan) ; The Shrine of St. Menas.