Monasteries

Monasteries of Wadi El Natrun

Wadi El Natrun · Egypt

Desert monasteries continuing the tradition of the fourth-century Desert Fathers.

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Coptic Orthodox
Late Antique
Medieval
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30.420, 30.340

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Scetis shaped Christian monasticism east and west.

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