COPTIC ARCHITECTURE

ST. CATHERINE MONASTERY

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COPTIC ARCHTECTURE IN EGYPt

Egypt was a land where jesus and his family

were known to have traveled
.
In reality, most of the ancient Christian
churches, of which only a very few recently
discovered examples predate the 4th century,
are located in monasteries and smaller cities
throughout Egypt, though in some areas there
are concentrations not to be found elsewhere.
 COPTIC ARCHTECTURE IN EGYPt
Many of these churches are built on sacred ground
where it is believed that the baby Jesus and his family
made stops in their journey through Egypt. Others,
many of which are associated with monasteries, are
more isolated, built at a time when the Christian
religion was outlawed within the roman empire, or
afterwards , when there were violent conflicts
between the eastern Christianity of Egypt and the
western Christians who ruled Egypt (the Romans
St Catherine
 Mount Moses
Located at the foot of Mount Moses is built around what is thought to
be Moses' Burning Bush, which has a chapel built atop it
 Monastery of St Catherine
St. Catherine's Monastery, was constructed by order of the Emperor ,
.Justinian between 527 and 565
Monastery-of-St-Catherine
Farms of st-catherine
Outside church
Inside church
 library of St Catherines Monastery
But of perhaps even greater significance is that it is one of the
largest and most important collection of illuminated
manuscripts in the world (The Vatican has the largest). The
collection consists of some 4,500 volumes in Greek, Coptic,
Arabic, Armenian, Hebrew, Slavic, Syriac, Georgian and other
languages
 The Manuscripts
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 by.mahmoud saady
Marwan ali ali
Mohamed akram
Norhan mahmoud fared
Menna ashraf zied

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