Saint-Anthony monastery

The monastery Saint-Anthony or Deir Mar Antonios is an important orthodoxe monastery copte located at approximately 155 km of the Cairo in Egypt, in the mountainous region close to the Red Sea.

History

Founded by the disciples of holy Antoine of the desert (holy Antoine the Large one) at the 4th century (perhaps in 356 just after the death of the saint), it is the oldest monastery of the world.

It has been occupied without interruption for more than 16 centuries.

Artistic inheritance

  • the old church Saint-Anthony (4th century)

  • the Saint-Marc church ascetic (the 15th century)
  • the new church Saint-Anthony and Saint-Paul (1936)

See too

Internal bonds

External bonds

  • Official site

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