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El-Kauthar, Arabic:الكوثر, al-Kauthar / al-Kawthar, or Haiy el-Kauthar, حي الكوثر, Ḥaiy al-Kauthar, „Al-Kauthar settlement“Is is a modern industrial area in the central egyptianGovernorateSōhāg immediately southeast of the village 1 es-Salāmūnī
and northeast of Achmīm. In the southwest of the settlement there are three historical monasteries, the one being the monastery Deir esch-Schuhadāʾ, Martyrs' Monastery, which is the oldest and most famous.
background
getting there
Getting to the monasteries can be by car or taxi from Sōhāg above Achmīm be done on a paved road. The vehicle can be parked near the entrances to the monasteries.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
The monasteries are described in their order from north to south:
Deir el-Malāk Mīchāʾīl
1 Deir el-Malāk Mīchāʾīl (دير الملاك ميخائيل) (26 ° 36 '24 "N.31 ° 47 ′ 24 ″ E)
Deir esch-Schuhadāʾ
Deir el-ʿAdhrāʾ
3 Deir el-ʿAdhrāʾ (دير (السيدة) العذراء, Dair (as-Saiyida) al-ʿAdhrāʾ) (26 ° 35 ′ 25 ″ N.31 ° 47 ′ 33 ″ E)
activities
shop
respect
Gender segregation prevails in Coptic churches. Women go to mass in the right (southern) part of the church, men or their families accompanied by men in the left part of the church.
kitchen
Restaurants are in the neighboring one Sōhāg.
accommodation
Accommodation is in the neighboring Sōhāg.
health
Practical advice
trips
A visit to the local monasteries can be combined with a visit to the Whites and Red Monastery as well as the city Achmīm connect.
literature
Generally
- : Christian Egypt, ancient and modern. Cairo: American University at Cairo Press, 1977 (2nd edition), ISBN 978-977-201-496-5 , Pp. 407-410.
Deir el-Malāk Mīchāʾīl
- : Dayr Al-Malak Mikha’il (Akhmim). In:Atiya, Aziz Suryal (Ed.): The Coptic Encyclopedia; Vol. 3: Cros - Ethi. new York: Macmillan, 1991, ISBN 978-0-02-897026-4 , Pp. 823-823.
Deir esch-Schuhadāʾ
- : Christian architecture in Egypt. Suffering: Brill, 2002, Handbook of Oriental Studies; Dept. 1: The Near and Middle East; 62, ISBN 978-90-04-12128-7 , Pp. 542–543, fig. 159. — : Medieval Longhouse Dome Churches and Related Types in Upper Egypt: a Study of Medieval Church Construction in Egypt. Glückstadt: Augustine, 1982, Treatises of the German Archaeological Institute, Cairo / Coptic Series; 3, ISBN 978-3-87030-090-6 , Pp. 202-203.
- : Dēr aš-Šuhadāʾ (I). In:Christian Coptic Egypt in Arab times; Vol. 2: D - F. Wiesbaden: Reichert, 1984, Supplements to the Tübingen Atlas of the Middle East: Series B, Geisteswissenschaften; 41.2, ISBN 978-3-88226-209-4 , Pp. 808-810.
- : Dayr Al-Shuhada ’. In:Atiya, Aziz Suryal (Ed.): The Coptic Encyclopedia; Vol. 3: Cros - Ethi. new York: Macmillan, 1991, ISBN 978-0-02-897026-4 , Pp. 865-866.
Deir el-ʿAdhrāʾ
- : Dēr al-ʿAḍrāʾ (II). In:Christian Coptic Egypt in Arab times; Vol. 2: D - F. Wiesbaden: Reichert, 1984, Supplements to the Tübingen Atlas of the Middle East: Series B, Geisteswissenschaften; 41.2, ISBN 978-3-88226-209-4 , Pp. 636-637.
- : Dayr Al-‘Adhra ’(Akhmim). In:Atiya, Aziz Suryal (Ed.): The Coptic Encyclopedia; Vol. 3: Cros - Ethi. new York: Macmillan, 1991, ISBN 978-0-02-897026-4 , Pp. 713-714.
Individual evidence
- ↑Model photo of the Martyrs Church: Wessel, Klaus (Ed.): Christianity on the Nile: International workshop on the exhibition "Coptic Art", Essen, Villa Hügel, 23-25 July 1963. Recklinghausen: Bongers, 1964, P. 196, Fig. 4; doi:10.25673/35693.
