Overview
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Wadi al-Natrun, about 68.35 miles (110 km) northwest of Cairo, has several Coptic monasteries where thousands of Christians fled Roman persecution in the fourth century. Of the 60 or so original complexes in the valley, only four are left, which we will visit today
Elegant Tours guide will go to you and meet you where you live in Cairo / Giza or anywhere you want in Egypt, so that you can start your exciting trip to Wadi El-Natrun, the birthplace of Christian monasticism today. There were about 50 monasteries. Only 4 monasteries remain. Not allowed to see them today. You will start your journey with us with a visit to the monastery of Pramos, which is the oldest of the four remaining monasteries. You will meet the Egyptian priests who will explain to you a lot of information about the monastery and then go to the monastery of Anba Bishoy, whose body is still in the monastery. Then Abu Makar Monastery. It is also called the Monastery of Anba Makarios, and it is the richest monastery now in Wadi El Natroun, as it houses more than 100 monks and 600 workers in the vast farm spread in front of it. And we conclude your trip with the smaller Syriac monastery, and finally we conclude our trip with lunch and then return to Cairo again.
