Monastery
Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great
دير الأنبا مقار الكبير
Wadi el-Natrun · origins in the fourth century CE; renewed from 1969
One of the four ancient monasteries of Wadi al-Natrun. After long decline it was renewed beginning in 1969, when Pope Cyril VI sent Fr. Matta El Meskeen with twelve monks; the community that grew there became one of the most influential monastic revivals of modern Egypt. Traditions differ on the exact founding date.
- Coords:
- 30.291°, 30.476°