Tag: The Desert
The Dove Returns to the Ark
When I left the bishopric and returned to my desert cave at the beginning of January 1964, I found the monk Antonius (Pope Shenouda’s...
God Of My Silence
“Silence your lips that your heart may speak… Silence your heart that God may speak…”
- The Spiritual Elder
How I miss the silence.
It was pleasant...
Monastic Tradition Of Sheheet
God offered us the grace of calling and accepting us in the sacred wilderness, i.e., the wilderness of Sheheet, the wilderness of "the weighing...
A 7th Century Monastery Discovered In United Arab Emirates
The news of the opening of an archaeological site of a 7th century Christian Monastery in the island of Sir Bani Yas, in the...
The History Of The Settlement Of Scetis
In 407, a tribe of barbarian raiders known as Mazices came sweeping off the Libyan desert and devastated one of the first great centers...
Travels In Africa, Egypt, And Syria From The Year 1792 To...
During my stay near the lakes, I visited two of the Egypt Coptic convents, that are called the Syrian, and that of St. George;...
The Lonely Desert Of The Coptic Church
Missionaries and religious travellers to Egypt were baffled by the willing long-term relocation by ascetics to the desert, which they considered dreary and lonely...
St Macarius Monastery In The 19th Century
The journey across the desert is very monotonous, but at length, after crossing an elevation covered with shining black pebbles, the long line of...
To A Monk Entering The Arena Of Combat
Rejoice in the Lord, beloved child, whom the grace of my Jesus has enlightened and delivered from the world; who has flown to the...
In Praise Of The Desert
I would say that the desert deserves to be called a temple of our God without walls. Since it is clear that God dwells...
