Monastery of Anthony the Great gets face lift thanks to the Egyptian government. CAIRO, Feb. 10, 2010 — -- Near Egypt's Red Sea coast, nestled at the foot of Al Qalzam Mountain and dotted by palm ...

The nave paintings at the monastery of St. Anthony were executed by local artists in the early thirteenth century, during a period of mounting concerns over the Arabization and Islamization of the ...

In a cave high in the desert mountains of eastern Egypt, the man said to be the father of monasticism took refuge from the temptations of the world some 17 centuries ago. At the foot of the mountain, ...

During the Coptic era, Egypt knew the arts, architecture, and other cultural manifestations characteristic of that stage, which came influenced by the Pharaonic civilization and continued with the ...

Several Egyptian Coptic monasteries said they will ban visits in the upcoming period, which sees the holy week, until Easter due to a spike in coronavirus infections. The Monastery of Saint Anthony in ...