- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1 New Ostraca from Thebes -
2. Coptic Textual Finds from the Macquarie University Excavations at Dra Abu Al-naga (TT233) -
3 Encomium on Pesynthios of Coptos -
4 The ‘Coptic Gnostic Library of Nag Hammadi’ and the Faw Qibli Excavations -
5 Once More: Nabis, Bishop of ′Aidhab/Berenike1 -
6 The Life and Miracles of Abraham of Farshut Community Disaster and the Making of a Saint -
7 Coptic Texts from Western Thebes -
8. Pachomius as Reflected in the Difnar -
9 Christianity in Dandara and Medamud -
10 Esna Martyrs -
11 Indexing of Manuscripts for the Churches of Naqada and Qus -
12 Coptic Legal Documents, with Special Reference to the Theban Area -
13 Notes On Coptic and Arabic Manuscripts Related to Upper Egypt -
14 Epigraphy and History in the Theban Region -
15 The Arabic Lives of St. Pachomius1 -
16 Athanasius of Qus and His Time -
17 The Hermitages in the Desert of Esna -
18 Some Coptic Reliefs Purportedly from Coptos -
19 The Portrait of Apa Abraham of Hermonthis -
20 The Esna Monasteries: Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri -
21 The Coptic Monasteries Multi-media Database Project -
22 Excavating Christian Western Thebes: A History1 -
23 The Monasteries of Naqada -
24 Tell Al-Qubeba: An Unknown Monastic Site? -
25 How to Save the Wall Paintings of Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri - Bibliography
Athanasius of Qus and His Time
Athanasius of Qus and His Time
- Chapter:
- (p.171) 16 Athanasius of Qus and His Time
- Source:
- Christianity and Monasticism in Upper Egypt
- Author(s):
Gawdat Gabra
Hany N. Takla
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
Athanasius bishop of the protected city of Qus was the compiler of the rite of the concoction of Myron in 1374. In 1374 he took an active part in the concoction of the Myron, giving a detailed description and full text; his name does not appear frequently in the text, as he left all the Sahidic readings to his colleague Gabriel, bishop of al-Marg, who was also a learned man. The condition of Copts at that time was not good. Many plagues took place in the fourteenth century, especially in the years 1347–49, 1374–75, and 1379–81, which contributed to the decrease of the population, especially in the villages and the monasteries. Historical sources mention the story of a crippled old Coptic woman who saved some of the treasured relics of her church by ceding all her possessions to the marauding Crusaders and thereby deflecting them from pillaging her Coptic church.
Keywords: Athanasius, Qus, Myron, monasteries, Copts, Coptic church, Crusaders
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1 New Ostraca from Thebes -
2. Coptic Textual Finds from the Macquarie University Excavations at Dra Abu Al-naga (TT233) -
3 Encomium on Pesynthios of Coptos -
4 The ‘Coptic Gnostic Library of Nag Hammadi’ and the Faw Qibli Excavations -
5 Once More: Nabis, Bishop of ′Aidhab/Berenike1 -
6 The Life and Miracles of Abraham of Farshut Community Disaster and the Making of a Saint -
7 Coptic Texts from Western Thebes -
8. Pachomius as Reflected in the Difnar -
9 Christianity in Dandara and Medamud -
10 Esna Martyrs -
11 Indexing of Manuscripts for the Churches of Naqada and Qus -
12 Coptic Legal Documents, with Special Reference to the Theban Area -
13 Notes On Coptic and Arabic Manuscripts Related to Upper Egypt -
14 Epigraphy and History in the Theban Region -
15 The Arabic Lives of St. Pachomius1 -
16 Athanasius of Qus and His Time -
17 The Hermitages in the Desert of Esna -
18 Some Coptic Reliefs Purportedly from Coptos -
19 The Portrait of Apa Abraham of Hermonthis -
20 The Esna Monasteries: Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri -
21 The Coptic Monasteries Multi-media Database Project -
22 Excavating Christian Western Thebes: A History1 -
23 The Monasteries of Naqada -
24 Tell Al-Qubeba: An Unknown Monastic Site? -
25 How to Save the Wall Paintings of Dayr al-Shuhada and Dayr al-Fakhuri - Bibliography