Deir el-Anbā Pisentius - Deir el-Anbā Pisentius

The Coptic Orthodox Monastery Deir el-Anba Pisentius (Arabic:دير الأنبا بسنتاوس‎, Dair al-Anbā Bisantāwus)^[1] is located about 400 meters south of the monastery Deir Mār Girgis el-Magmaʿ west of the Nile north of Qamūlā in the egyptian Governorate Qinā. Originally only the grave of St. Pisentius. The monastery, surrounded by a wall, was only built around 1904 and is located directly on the edge of the desert.

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 25.83184532.699685Branch to the monastery el-Anba Pisentius1 25 ° 49 '54 "N.32 ° 41 '59 "E you turn off the road to the east and after about 200 m you reach the monastery.

background

Pisentius lived in the 7th century and was bishop of Qifṭ. The synaxarium (martyrology) on the 13th of Abīb (July 7th) reports about him: “On this day Father Pisentius, Bishop of Qifṭ, died. This saint became a monk in his youth, was extremely pious and learned many books by heart, among them were Psalms and the Twelve Minor Prophets. ”He is said never to have looked at the face of a woman.

He had the ability to perform miracles. One woman was reported to have been cured of her illness after swallowing the dust on his footprint. He was said to have been aware of the presence of the Lord and his angels in the Most Holy Place while conducting the liturgy and to have seen them with his own eyes.

Once there was St. Pisentius present when a priest was holding a liturgy and was guilty of disrespect for haunted people. Pisentius rebuked the priest seriously and informed him that he had actually soiled the wing of a churub (angel) that was standing next to the altar. On hearing the reprimand, the priest was seized with remorse, was carried home sick and died there.

Although describes Abū el-Makārim, of Abū Ṣāliḥ handed down to the Armenians at the beginning of the 13th century, a monastery called Deir el-Anba Pisentius. But that ends the monastery Deir Mār Girgis el-Magmaʿwhere St. Pisentius lived, meant. Up until the beginning of the 20th century there was only his grave in this place. Today's monastery is modern.

Tourist Attractions

In the place of the tomb of St. Pisentius is now a three-aisled 25.8316932.701841 Dome church for St. Pisentius(25 ° 49 '54 "N.32 ° 42 ′ 6 ″ E) with three sharks (holiest of holies). These are the Anba (father) Andreas, Anba Pisantius and St. Consecrated to the Virgin Mary. On the icon wall are the representations of the Last Supper, the twelve apostles (three each to the right and left of the Haikal), representations from the life of Christ and on the right outside those of St. Mark and left of the Archangel Michael. On the pillars are the icons of other saints and church fathers.

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 Mār Buqṭur and Deir el-Malāk Mīchāʾīl at Qamūlā connect.

literature

• [Abū al-Makārim]; Evetts, B [asil] T [homas] A [lfred] (ed., Transl.); Butler, Alfred J [oshua]: The churches and monasteries of Egypt and some neighboring countries attributed to Abû Sâliḥ, the Armenian. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1895, P. 233 f, fol. 81 b. Various reprints, e.g. B. Piscataway: Gorgias Press, 2001, ISBN 978-0-9715986-7-6 ..
• Coquin, René-Georges; Martin, Maurice: Dayr Anbā Pisentius. In:Atiya, Aziz Suryal (Ed.): The Coptic Encyclopedia; Vol. 3: Cros - Ethi. new York: Macmillan, 1991, ISBN 978-0-02-897026-4 , P. 757.
• O'Leary, De Lacy: The Arabic Life of Pisentius. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1930, Patrologia orientalis; 22nd.

Web links

• Lives of Saints: Abib 13, Coptic Synaxarium (Martyrologium) for the 13th Abīb (Coptic Orthodox Church Network)

Individual evidence