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Coptic Monasteries Egypt S Monastic Art And Architecture

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Author : Gawdat Gabra
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2002

Coptic Monasteries Egypt S Monastic Art And Architecture written by Gawdat Gabra and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Architecture categories.

"Coptic Monasteries takes the reader on a tour of the best preserved and most significant of Egypt's ancient religious centers, documenting the richness and the glory of this country's Coptic heritage." "An informative introduction by Tim Vivian brings to life the early Christian era, with background information on the origins of the Coptic Church as well as its rites and ceremonies, sketches of some of monasticism's founding figures, and accounts of some of the difficulties they faced, from religious schism to nomadic attacks." "Gawdat Gabra's expert commentary, complemented by almost one hundred full-color photographs of wall paintings and architectural features, covers monasteries from Aswan to Wadi al-Natrun. Ranging across a thousand years of history, Gabra's observations will make any reader an expert on the composition and content of some of Egypt's most outstanding religious art and the salient architectural features of each monastery, as well as the ongoing process of restoration that has returned much of their original vibrancy to some of these works."--Jacket.

Coptic Monasteries

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Author : Gawdat Gabra
language : en
Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
Release Date : 2002-09-01

Coptic Monasteries written by Gawdat Gabra and has been published by American University in Cairo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-01 with Art categories.

Egypt, the birthplace of communal monasticism, has a rich store of monasteries and monastic art. Coptic Monasteries takes the reader on a tour of the best preserved and most significant of these ancient religious centers, documenting in exhaustive detail the richness and the glory of the Coptic heritage. An informative introduction by Tim Vivian brings to life the early Christian era, with background information on the origins of the Coptic Church as well as its rites and ceremonies, sketches of some of monasticism's founding figures, and accounts of some of the difficulties they faced, from religious schism to nomadic attacks. Gawdat Gabra's expert commentary, complemented by almost one hundred full-color photographs of newly restored wall paintings and architectural features, covers monasteries from Aswan to Wadi al-Natrun. Ranging across a thousand years of history, Gabra's observations will make any reader an expert on the composition and content of some of Egypt's most outstanding religious art, the salient architectural features of each monastery, as well as the ongoing process of restoration that has returned much of their original vibrancy to these works. A unique and invaluable historical record, Coptic Monasteries is equally an in-depth, on-the-spot guide to these living monuments or an armchair trip back in time to the roots of one of the world's oldest Christian traditions.

Coptic Monasteries

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Author : Emerson Holt
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-05

Coptic Monasteries written by Emerson Holt and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-05 with categories.

Egypt, the birthplace of communal monasticism, has a rich store of monasteries and monastic art. Coptic Monasteries takes the reader on a tour of the best preserved and most significant of these ancient religious centers, documenting in exhaustive detail the richness and the glory of the Coptic heritage. An informative introduction by Tim Vivian brings to life the early Christian era, with background information on the origins of the Coptic Church as well as its rites and ceremonies, sketches of some of monasticism's founding figures, and accounts of some of the difficulties they faced, from religious schism to nomadic attacks.

Coptic Monasteries At Wadi Al Natrun In Egypt

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Author : Takao Yamagata
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983

Coptic Monasteries At Wadi Al Natrun In Egypt written by Takao Yamagata and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Coptic monasteries categories.

Monks And Monasteries Of The Egyptian Deserts

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Author : Otto Friedrich August Meinardus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961

Monks And Monasteries Of The Egyptian Deserts written by Otto Friedrich August Meinardus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with Coptic monasticism and religious orders categories.

Monasticism In Egypt

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Author : Michael W. McClellan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998

Monasticism In Egypt written by Michael W. McClellan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Religion categories.

Christian monasticism began in Egypt over 1600 years ago, in the desert between the Nile Valley and the Red Sea, and spread through various Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant traditions. In the deserts of Egypt, sixteen centuries after the Desert Fathers, monasticism still thrives, and it is to these isolated monasteries in one of the world's most inhospitable environments that photographer Michael McClellan turns his lens. McClellan reveals the quiet, spiritual world of today's desert fathers in the Coptic monasteries of the Red Sea Mountains, Wadi al-Natrun, and Upper Egypt, and in the Greek Orthodox monastery of Saint Catherine at the foot of Mount Sinai. Illuminating the photographs are extracts from The Paradise of the Fathers, tales of the Desert Fathers collected by Saint Palladius.

The Churches Monasteries Of Egypt And Some Neighbouring Countries

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Author : Abū Ṣāliḥ (al-Armanī)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1895

The Churches Monasteries Of Egypt And Some Neighbouring Countries written by Abū Ṣāliḥ (al-Armanī) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1895 with Church buildings categories.

Contemporary Coptic Nuns

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Author : Pieternella van Doorn-Harder
language : en
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
Release Date : 1995

Contemporary Coptic Nuns written by Pieternella van Doorn-Harder and has been published by Univ of South Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Religion categories.

A rare and engaging encounter with Egyptian cloistresses Contemporary Coptic Nuns reveals a world rarely seen by outsiders--the world of nuns who worship and serve as part of the largest community of indigenous Christians in the Middle East. One of the few people unaffiliated with the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church to observe these women, Pieternella van Doorn-Harder offers a compelling portrait of the nuns who devote their lives to this conservative faith. Van Doorn-Harder traces the current vitality of the Coptic monastic tradition to a church-wide renaissance of the mid twentieth-century. She credits Coptic mother superiors with harnessing the revival's energy to usher in an era of expanded opportunity for Egyptian Christian women. At that time they transformed convents into centers of Coptic faith and culture and began providing pastoral, educational, and medicinal services to the community. In depicting the nuns' daily lives, van Doorn-Harder describes their work, their role in the Coptic resurgence, their influence on the Coptic laity, and their position in the larger Islamic society. In presenting their spiritual lives, she attests to the vigor of their prayer, fasting, and devotions as well as to their spiritual gifts, which include clairvoyance, intercession, and healing.

Christianity And Monasticism In Upper Egypt

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Author : Gawdat Gabra
language : en
Publisher: American Univ in Cairo Press
Release Date : 2010

Christianity And Monasticism In Upper Egypt written by Gawdat Gabra and has been published by American Univ in Cairo Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with History categories.

Volume 1: "Christianity and monasticism have flourished along the Nile Valley in the Sohag region of Upper Egypt from as early as the fourth century until the present day. The contributors to this volume, international specialists in Coptology from around the world, examine various aspects of Coptic civilization in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Sohag over the past seventeen hundred years. Many of the studies center on the person and legacy of the great Coptic saint, Shenoute the Archimandrite (348–466 ce), looking at his preserved writings, his life, his place in Pachomian monasticism, his relations with the patriarchs in Alexandria, and the life in his monastic system. Other studies deal with the art, architecture, and archaeology of the two great monasteries that he founded and the archaeological and artistic heritage of the region."--Publisher's website.

Sacrifice In The Desert

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Author : Mark Gruber (O.S.B.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

Sacrifice In The Desert written by Mark Gruber (O.S.B.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.

The desert fathers of ancient Egypt are an inherently fascinating, historical phenomenon. Sacrifice in the Desert is an anthropological study of the contemporary spiritual descendents of these monks as they live out their lives in some of the most primitive and remote monasteries of the Sahara Desert.