Sacha - Sachā

Sacha · ‏سخا‎
GovernorateKafr esch-Sheikh
Residents
14.733 (2006)
height
7 m
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Sacha

The town Sacha (English Sakha, Arabic:سخا‎, Sacha, Coptic: Ⲥ Ϧ ⲰⲞⲨ, Skhou, greichisch: Ξόις, Xois, ancient Egyptian: Chasut) with about 15,000 inhabitants[1] is located about 5 km south of the city Kafr esch-Sheikh away in the Egyptian governorate Kafr esch-Sheikh in the western Nile Delta.

background

In the place of today's village was the ancient one Xois, the capital of the 6th Lower Egyptian district. The city has been documented since the Old Kingdom, most of the finds date from Greco-Roman times. The gods worshiped here were Re (-Harachte), Mut, Chons and Osiris. In the Middle Kingdom the city had independence, Manetho names 76 kings of Xois in the 14th dynasty.

According to tradition, Sacha was on the station Escape route of the Holy Family to Egypt. In 1984 the “Bicha Isous”, the footprint of Jesus, was found here. The light gray, about 80 cm long stone contains the imprint on the front and the Arabic word "Allah" for God on the back.

In the 7th century Sacha was known for the asceticism of St. Agathon the pillar saint, he was the only one of his kind in Egypt and is said to have lived here on a pillar for 50 years. The Bishop Zacharia of Sachā in the 7th / 8th centuries. Century is one of the most important sons of this city. His sermons and histories, such as B. the biographies of Johannes Colobos (the little one)[2] and Anba Abraham, are among the most important of the Coptic literature.

getting there

Church of the Virgin Mary, entrance to the north
Inside the church
Showcase with antiquities
Reliquary

In the street

The village can be easily reached by car or taxi from nearby Kafr esch-Sheikh, from 35 km away Aunt or from Cairo reach out.

mobility

The village can also be explored on foot.

Tourist Attractions

Today's Church of St. Virgin Mary is located in the place of the former 1 El-Maghtas Monastery(31 ° 5 ′ 21 ″ N.30 ° 56 '52 "E), Arabic:دير المغطس‎, Dair al-Maghṭas, and dates from the 19th century. The south wall of today's church is the only remnant of this monastery. The three-aisled church has three Holy of Holies behind the icon wall. They are for St. Georg, for St. Virgin and destined for the Archangel Michael. Modern icons hang on the walls. In the south-east corner of the church, valuable belongings of the church are exhibited in showcases. These include the "Bicha Isous", the footprint of Jesus, the relic of Amba Zacharias from the 7th century, bones of Amba Taklā from Alexandria or from Achmim, a relic of St. George as well as silver vessels and stone objects. On the west side of the church is the relic of Amba Sāwīrūs el-Anṭākī. In the baptismal font near the entrance, St. Dimyāna have been baptized.

activities

shop

kitchen

accommodation

Accommodation options exist in Kafr esch-Sheikh.

trips

Visiting the city can be combined with other sites along the Holy Family Escape Route connect so with Bilbeis, ez-Zaqāzīq, Daqādūs and Samannūd.

literature

  • Description of the site:
    • Meinardus, Otto F. A.: Two thousand years of Coptic Christianity. Cairo: American University at Cairo Press, 2002, ISBN 978-977-424-757-6 , P. 174 (English).
  • On the life of Zachariah of Sakha
    • Müller, C. Detlef G.: Zacharias, Saint. In:Atiya, Aziz Suryal (Ed.): The Coptic Encyclopedia; Vol. 7: Qalʿ - Zost. new York: Macmillan, 1991, ISBN 978-0-02-897036-3 , P. 2368 f.
    • O'Leary, De Lacy [Evans]: The Saints of Egypt: an alphabetical compendium of martyrs, patriarchs and sainted ascetes in the Coptic calendar, commemorated in the Jacobite Synascarium. London, New York: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, MacMillan, 1937, Pp. 283-285.
  • On the life of Agathon the Pillar Saint:
    • Coquin, René-Georges: Agathon the Stylite, Saint. In:Atiya, Aziz Suryal (Ed.): The Coptic Encyclopedia; Vol. 1: Abab - Azar. new York: Macmillan, 1991, ISBN 978-0-02-897023-3 , P. 68 f.
    • O'Leary, De Lacy [Evans]: The Saints of Egypt: an alphabetical compendium of martyrs, patriarchs and sainted ascetes in the Coptic calendar, commemorated in the Jacobite Synascarium. London, New York: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, MacMillan, 1937, P. 66.

Web links

  • Coptic Synaxar (Martyrology) for 14. Do (Coptic Orthodox Church Network), Agathon the Pillar Saint
  • Coptic Synaxar (Martyrology) for 21. Amshir (Coptic Orthodox Church Network), Zachariah of Sakha

Individual evidence

  1. ↑Population according to the 2006 Egyptian census, Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics, accessed December 17, 2014.
  2. ↑More in the article Deir Abū Ḥinnis.
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