Article: Shaking God's hand: Monks and novices welcome visitors on retreat at St. Antony Orthodox Coptic Monastery in Newberry Springs.

Article: Aunt Safiyya and the Monastery.
World Literature Today;  January 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... a village near Luxor and the monks residing in a nearby Coptic monastery. At the emergence of an internal divisive force such as ... the target of blood revenge and seeks sanctuary in the Coptic monastery, thus bringing the two communities into confrontation ...

Article: Girga
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      303 words ... ... in the 1980s. The town is the seat of a Coptic bishop and derives its name from the old Mara Girgis Coptic monastery, which was dedicated to St. George. A Roman Catholic monastery, said to be the oldest in Egypt, is in Girga. Nearby is the ...

Article: TRAIL OF THE UNEXPECTED UP, UP AND AWAY IN A HOT-AIR BALLOON FOR ...
The Independent - London;  October 19, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... amazing bas-reliefs depicting the victories of Ramses III. After about an hour you land - perhaps in the desert near the Coptic monastery, or in a sugar-cane field, hopefully after the harvest. The crew packs the balloon away while you have a picnic breakfast ...

Article: Many mummies.(controlling tourists' behavior in Egypt)
The Economist (US);  July 31, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... also been found. Far out in the desert, meanwhile, an Italian team has just finished restoring a chapel in the Coptic monastery of St Anthony. The stunning 13th-century frescoes on its walls, completely obscured by soot until three years ago ...

Girga.
The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.;  January 1, 2000 ;     333 words ... ... in the 1980s. The town is the seat of a Coptic bishop and derives its name from the old Mara Girgis Coptic monastery, which was dedicated to St. George. A Roman Catholic monastery, said to be the oldest in Egypt, is in Girga. Nearby is the ...

Article: Lessons for Egypt. (Islamic violence) (Current Affairs)
The Middle East;  April 1, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... at the Ibrahim mosque in Hebron caught international attention, a group of armed Islamic militants in Egypt attacked a Coptic monastery, killing five people in a similar display of bitter religious antagonism. The Egyptian incident passed largely unnoticed ...

Article: Killing Copts in Egypt draws little attention in world press
Jewish Exponent;  April 15, 1994 ;     700+ words ... ... Christian identity of the victims, such as the New York Times, which headlined its story, "5 Are Killed in Attack on a Coptic Monastery," meaning that readers unfamiliar with the Copts would not know from the headline that they were Christians. No newspaper ...