 Church of the Holy Virgin | ||
| Deir el-Garnūs · دير الجرنوس | ||
| Governorate | Minyā | |
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| Residents | 6.504 (2006) | |
| height | 37 m | |
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Deir el Garnus (Arabic:دير الجرنوس, Dair al-Ǧarnus or his old nameدير الجرنوس «ارجانوس», Dair al-Ǧarnūs "Arǧānūs" or the ancient Baysus) is a village with about 6,500 inhabitants[1] and a monastery in Middle Egypt in the governorate Minyā west of the Nile about 8 kilometers northeast of el-Bahnasā away. The monastery church is an important place of pilgrimage to the Escape route of the Holy Family in Egypt.
background
On his way from 10 km to the east Ischnīn en-Naṣārā to el-Bahnasā the holy family stopped here. The ethiopian synaxarium (Martyrologium) reports of a well at this point, from which St. Family drank and who was used here like a nilometer.
For this reason, Coptic Christians make pilgrimages to this place to drink from this spring and to receive the blessings of Christ.
The monastery has its origins in the 6th century AD. However, only the modern monastery church has survived today.
getting there
The monastery church can be reached e.g. from el-Bahnasā by making his way in an easterly direction over the Bahr Yusuf (Joseph Canal) to the neighboring city of Ṣandafā (Arabic:صندفا) Continues. Then we continue through Saqūla (Arabic:سقولة) And finally north until you get the 1 Village(28 ° 36 '36 "N.30 ° 42 '24 "E) reached. Getting there is not easy because you have to drive partly on dirt roads.
Tourist Attractions
The 1 Church of the Holy Virgin(28 ° 36 '36 "N.30 ° 42 ′ 25 ″ E), Arabic:كنيسة العذراء مريم, Kanīsa al-ʿAḏrāʾ Maryam, is a new building on the site of earlier churches from the 7th and 17th centuries. It was consecrated in 1924 after 35 years of construction. The three-aisled church still has the iconostasis (icon wall) from 1591. On the south west wall of the church is the named spring from which the holy family is said to have drank.
accommodation
Accommodation options exist in el-Minyā.
trips
The visit of the monastery can be done with the visit of el-Bahnasā connect.
Individual evidence
- ↑Population figures according to the 2006 Egyptian census, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, accessed November 7, 2014.
