| Deir Mār Buqṭur · دير مار بقطر | ||
| Governorate | Qinā | |
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| height | 82 m | |
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The Coptic Orthodox Monastery Deir Mar Buqtur (also Deir Mari Boctor, Arabic:دير مار بقطر, Dair Mār Buqṭur, „Monastery of St. Victor“) Is a now uninhabited monastery in the area of Qamūlā, about 2 kilometers north of the southern monastery Deir el-Malāk Mīchāʾīl west of the Nile in the egyptian Governorate Qinā.
getting there
The arrival from Luxor from after Qamūlā is under Qamūlā described. You are now on the desert road from Qamūlā to Naqada. At the point 1 25 ° 48 ′ 48 ″ N.32 ° 42 ′ 1 ″ E an approx. 650 m long road leads east to the monastery.
background
The 50 meter long and 40 meter wide monastery has been documented since the 13th century. Its most important representative is the monk Athanasius, who in the 14th century was bishop of Qūṣ has been.
The two churches are surrounded by an enclosure wall. The entrance is in the east wall.
The namesake who St. Victor (Arabic:بقطر, Buqṭur, also Boqtor / Boctor), was a martyr at the time of Diocletian Persecution of Christians. His parents were Martha and Romanus. His mother introduced him to the Christian faith. He cared for prisoners and the poor and needy. So he also took care of a funeral of St. Theodata, the mother of St. Cosmas and Damian, although this was forbidden by Diocletian. His father reported him to Diocletian. He was after that first Alexandria and later after Ansena taken to where he was tortured. A girl who witnessed his torture saw a crown descend on him. The local governor then ordered the beheading of both the girl and St. Victor on.
Tourist Attractions
The front of the two 1 Churches for St. Martyr Victor(25 ° 48 '56 "N.32 ° 42 ′ 20 ″ E), Son of Romanus, is the older and most interesting. Its origins go back to the eighth or ninth century, while its current form probably dates back to the 12th century. The church has recently been expanded again. In its north there is now a pillar hall (portico).
The church is a dome-crowned building made of burnt mud bricks. It represents a three-aisled basilica. The columns are roughly hewn and have a limestone capital. The central dome and the neighboring western dome are taller than all the others. Immediately in front of the Haikal (Holy of Holies) is the choir (Chūrus). The entrances to the sharks each have two narrow doors with a central window.
The sharks are for the Virgin Mary (left), St. Victor and intended for the Archangel Michael (right). There is no iconostasis. There is a cross above all sharks. Separated from the church there is a fourth Haikal for St. Menas.
This church has a peculiarity that is no longer found in the churches of the other monasteries: there are remains of frescoes on the back walls of the domed rooms in front of the right and left Haikal. In the dome in front of the left (northern) Haikal four angels are depicted, in the one in front of the right (southern) Haikal three saints.
To the south behind the church there is another 2 new church for St. Victor(25 ° 48 ′ 55 ″ N.32 ° 42 ′ 20 ″ E).
In the southwest there are burials from Ottoman times, such as those of Basiliyus Ghali (1938).
kitchen
There are restaurants in the nearby Luxor or in Thebes West.
accommodation
There is accommodation in the nearby Luxor or in Thebes West.
trips
Visiting the monastery can be reduced to visiting the monasteries Deir el-Malāk Mīchāʾīl at Naqada, Deir eṣ-Ṣalīb and Deir Abū el-Līf in the village Ḥāgir Danfīq, Deir Mār Girgis el-Magmaʿ, Deir el-Anbā Pisentius and Deir el-Malāk Mīchāʾīl at Qamūlā connect.
literature
- : Christian antiquities in the Nile Valley: a contribution towards the study of the ancient churches. Oxford: Clarendon Pr., 1912, Pp. 123-126, plate XXXVII on p. 125.
- : Dayr Mār Buqṭur. In:Atiya, Aziz Suryal (Ed.): The Coptic Encyclopedia; Vol. 3: Cros - Ethi. new York: Macmillan, 1991, ISBN 978-0-02-897026-4 , Pp. 829-830.
Web links
- Lives of Saints: St. Boctor ibn Romanus, Coptic Synaxarium (Martyrologium) for the 27th Baramouda (April 22nd, St. Takla Haymanout Coptic Orthodox Church)
