Saturday, April 3, 2010

St. Antony Monastery

Egypt got group of old churches and monasteries that do not exist in other place in Africa ; among these monasteries and churches is Saint Antony Monastery.

Saint Antony Monastery was restored and re-inaugurated unfortunately weeks after the Naj Hammadi shooting incident.

I think the timing of its re-inauguration was not wise because it came as if the Egyptian regime was trying to win back the Christians in Egypt and absorb their anger with that old monastery after the shameful attack which the NDP was behind in a way or another.

The St. Antony Monastery is an event of its own , the Naj Hammadi's event overshadowed it unfortunately. 

Here couple of nice photos from St. Antony Monastery  below, I would like you to enjoy it.

From Getty and AP images

I also you recommend visiting this slideshow by Stephen Byrne.

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