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The Holly family Story |
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The Manuscript of patriarch
theophilus also relates how he had noted that the chuch was a
small and simple one, though very famous, and wanted to build a
great cathedral becoming the sacredness of the place. He voiced
this wish in his prayers. but the holy virgin in his vision ,
told him that the will of her son has the chuch should be kept
as it was to bear testimony to all generations of Christ S
humility , and this also the patriarch carried out and the chuch
remained unchanged . it is also worthy to be mentioned that the
chuch is older that monastery, for while
Al-Muharraq
monastery was built in the 4 th .
Cent, the church dates back to the 1 st century , and it was the
existence of the church which urged
anba
pachominus
294-405 a.d .to choose the spot for a monastery
surrounding the historic church it is the first church to be
established in upper Egypt . Adjoing the monastery is an ancient
castle dating back to the 5 th . Century, and it was built by
the emperor xenon who visited Egypt in 291 A.D. where his
daughter,
Illaria , had Become a nun
in a nearly convent as a citadel against raiding bands of
Bedouins . |
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