Scetes

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Scetes is an early Christian monastic center in the Egyptian desert, renowned as one of the principal settlements of the Desert Fathers.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian monastic center
ancient Christian site
desert monastic settlement
associatedWith Desert Fathers movement
Saint Macarius the Great
anchoritic monasticism
semi-eremitic monasticism
country Egypt
currentUse Coptic Orthodox monastic center
declinePeriod Middle Ages
foundedAs monastic settlement
foundedInApproximateYear c. 330
foundedInCentury 4th century
founder Saint Macarius of Egypt
hasMonasteries Monastery of Saint Bishoy
Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great
Paromeos Monastery
Syrian Monastery
historicalRegion Scetis
influenced Byzantine monastic tradition
Coptic monasticism
Eastern Christian monasticism
Rule of Saint Benedict
Syriac monasticism
Western Christian monasticism
knownFor ascetic practices
early Christian monasticism
sayings of the Desert Fathers
spiritual teaching of the Desert Fathers
languageOfEarlyMonks Coptic
Greek
laterLanguageOfMonks Arabic
locatedIn Egyptian desert
Lower Egypt
Nitrian Desert
modernName Wadi El Natrun
monasticType desert monasticism
eremitic community
oneOf principal settlements of the Desert Fathers
partOf Western Desert of Egypt
persecutedBy Berber raids
pilgrimageSiteFor Coptic Orthodox Christians
other Christian pilgrims
religion Christianity
sisterSettlement Kellia
Nitria
sufferedEvent repeated desert raids
tradition Christian monasticism
Desert Fathers

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Desert Fathers
location

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