Wadi Natrun monasteries

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Christian pilgrimage destination Coptic Christian monastic complex religious site

The Wadi Natrun monasteries are a historic cluster of early Coptic Christian monastic communities in Egypt’s Western Desert, renowned as some of the oldest continuously inhabited monasteries in the world.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Wadi El Natrun monastic complex 2
Coptic monasteries of Wadi El Natrun 1
Monastery of Saint Pishoy, Wadi El Natrun 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian pilgrimage destination ⓘ
Coptic Christian monastic complex ⓘ
religious site ⓘ
associatedWithMovement Desert Fathers NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPractice asceticism ⓘ
communal monastic life ⓘ
solitary prayer ⓘ
associatedWithSaint Saint Arsenius the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint John the Dwarf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Macarius the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
Saint Pishoy NERFINISHED ⓘ
climate arid desert ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
culturalSignificance important site for Christian monastic history ⓘ
major center of Coptic culture ⓘ
distanceFromCairo approximately 100 kilometers northwest ⓘ
foundedAs monastic settlement ⓘ
foundedInPeriod 4th century ⓘ
governingChurch Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFeature ancient manuscripts ⓘ
ancient wall paintings ⓘ
defensive towers ⓘ
desert hermitages ⓘ
fortified church buildings ⓘ
monastic libraries ⓘ
hasFunction monastic community ⓘ
pilgrimage center ⓘ
spiritual retreat ⓘ
hasMonastery Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
Monastery of Saint Pishoy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paromeos Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ
Syrian Monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritage early Christian monasticism ⓘ
historicalRegion Scetis NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Coptic Christian heritage ⓘ
being among the oldest continuously inhabited monasteries in the world ⓘ
desert monastic tradition ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy Arabic ⓘ
Coptic ⓘ
locatedIn Beheira Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wadi El Natrun NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western Desert of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ
openTo pilgrims ⓘ
visitors ⓘ
partOf Coptic monasticism NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryDenomination Coptic Orthodox NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
religiousTradition Coptic Orthodox Church NERFINISHED ⓘ
tourism religious tourism destination ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coptic period → associatedWith → Wadi Natrun monasteries ⓘ
Pope Tawadros II → monastery → Wadi Natrun monasteries ⓘ
this entity surface form: Monastery of Saint Pishoy, Wadi El Natrun
Scetis → presentDayName → Wadi Natrun monasteries ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wadi El Natrun monastic region
Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great → partOf → Wadi Natrun monasteries ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wadi El Natrun monastic complex
Syrian Monastery → partOf → Wadi Natrun monasteries ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wadi El Natrun monastic settlements
Paromeos Monastery → partOf → Wadi Natrun monasteries ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wadi El Natrun monastic complex
Nitrian Desert → hasReligiousHeritageSite → Wadi Natrun monasteries ⓘ
this entity surface form: Coptic monasteries of Wadi El Natrun