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Monastery of Great Martyr George

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Monastery of the great Saint Margeserus for nunsAn archaeological place and it was a monastery of 27 monasteries in the wilderness of the foundation, and the number of monks was approximately 5,000Knays complex in the monastery5,000 monksWilderness foundationPresidential chair in the monastery of St. GeorgeIn 1927, during the restoration of the church, the remains of the old church walls were foundI discovered the dome and Liguo about two stones, including stones without featuresIt may be a tomb or a cave of a holy fatherThe space is small, a small doorOften it was a storehouse for church paraphernaliaIn ancient times, granaries were undergroundThe second church Mar John the BaptistThe church from the 12th centuryIt was discovered in it a plunge pool for the Feast of the Epiphany, and an allowance for diving in the Nile in the old days annually. The custom of diving remains in the church from the 14th centuryOutside the church there are traces of the Church of Our Lady, the third church of the eighth centuryIt is said that there is a crypt leading to nearby monasteriesThe fourth church, Angel Michael, inside the nuns residenceFifth Church Angel Gabriel

Name it Monastery complex: - Explain this name S. Sikard is the sacred synod, but Winlock and Krom said that calling it synod is synonymous with the Arabic word communion and the Greek word kinonia. It has been repeatedly reported that this designation is due to the fact that it is based on the management of all monasteries in the region and that it contained the provisions of the monasteries.The history of the monastery begins during the second monastic phase of the monastic period and during the second period of time it was built at the end of the fourth century AD or the beginning of the fifth century. The monastery started with one church for the hermits of Jabal al-Asas. Churches this depending on the Butler layout. Sommers Clarke explained that the central church is to St. Georges. However, the central church is the beginning of this monastery, but it has been renovated during the following times. The architectural style of the central church (Margirgis) and the northern church (Angel Michael) according to Clarks layout show that the monasterys architecture is in Byzantine style.

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