- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1 John of Barullos (540–615) -
2 The Relationship between the Monks of Northern Egypt and the Patriarchs of the Egyptian Church -
3 Saint Mina Monastery in Arabic Sources -
4 The Bashmurite Revolts in the Delta and the ‘Bashmuric Dialect’ -
5 Toward the Localization of the Hennaton Monastic Complex -
6 The Pachomian Federation and Lower Egypt: The Ties that Bind -
7 The Relations between the Coptic Church and the Armenian Church from the Time of Muhammad Ali to the Present (1805–2015) -
8 Saint Barsum the Naked and His Veneration at al-Ma‘sara (Dayr Shahran) -
9 The Traditions of the Holy Family and the Development of Christianity in the Nile Delta -
10 Anba Ruways and the Cathedral of St. Mark -
11 The Perception of St. Athanasius of Alexandria in Later Coptic Literature -
12 The Discovery of the Papyri from Tura at Dayr al-Qusayr (Dayr Arsaniyus) and Its Legacy -
13 Nitria -
14 Yuhanna al-Samannudi, the Founder of National Coptic Philology in the Middle Ages -
15 The Arabic Version of the Miracles of Apa Mina -
16 Life of Pope Cyril VI (Kyrillos VI) -
17 The Veneration of Anba Hadid and the Nile Delta in the Thirteenth Century -
18 Kellia and Monastic Epigraphy -
19 Butrus al-Sadamanti al-Armani (Peter of Sadamant ‘the Armenian’) -
20 Julius of Aqfahs: The Martyrdom of John and Simon -
21 The Bohairic Acts of the Martyrs as a Genre of Religious Discourse -
22 Remnants of a Byzantine Church at Athribis -
23 Architecture in Kellia -
24 Kellia: Its Decoration in Painting and Stucco -
25 Highlights from the Polish Excavations at Marea/Philoxenite 2000–14 -
26 Conservation of Mural Paintings in the Coptic Museum - Abbreviations
- Bibliography
Toward the Localization of the Hennaton Monastic Complex
Toward the Localization of the Hennaton Monastic Complex
- Chapter:
- (p.37) 5 Toward the Localization of the Hennaton Monastic Complex
- Source:
- Christianity and Monasticism in Northern Egypt
- Author(s):
Mary Ghattas
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
This chapter describes the most prominent of the Pachomian monasteries, the Hennaton monastery or Dayr al-Zujaj (as it is designated today), and the debates about its exact location. The Hennaton was a monastic center of Byzantine and medieval Egypt, one that attracted pilgrims and believers from Egypt and the whole world. However, the only surviving traces of its existence today are artistic depictions vouching for what once was a grand existence. Its prestigious reputation inspired kings to leave behind their earthly kingdoms, attracted pilgrims from all over the world, drew native Egyptians into the ascetic life, and finally, produced both patriarchs and saints whose memory is immortalized in the history of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Keywords: Pachomian monasteries, Hennaton monastery, Dayr al-Zujaj, Christianity, monasticism
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Introduction
-
1 John of Barullos (540–615) -
2 The Relationship between the Monks of Northern Egypt and the Patriarchs of the Egyptian Church -
3 Saint Mina Monastery in Arabic Sources -
4 The Bashmurite Revolts in the Delta and the ‘Bashmuric Dialect’ -
5 Toward the Localization of the Hennaton Monastic Complex -
6 The Pachomian Federation and Lower Egypt: The Ties that Bind -
7 The Relations between the Coptic Church and the Armenian Church from the Time of Muhammad Ali to the Present (1805–2015) -
8 Saint Barsum the Naked and His Veneration at al-Ma‘sara (Dayr Shahran) -
9 The Traditions of the Holy Family and the Development of Christianity in the Nile Delta -
10 Anba Ruways and the Cathedral of St. Mark -
11 The Perception of St. Athanasius of Alexandria in Later Coptic Literature -
12 The Discovery of the Papyri from Tura at Dayr al-Qusayr (Dayr Arsaniyus) and Its Legacy -
13 Nitria -
14 Yuhanna al-Samannudi, the Founder of National Coptic Philology in the Middle Ages -
15 The Arabic Version of the Miracles of Apa Mina -
16 Life of Pope Cyril VI (Kyrillos VI) -
17 The Veneration of Anba Hadid and the Nile Delta in the Thirteenth Century -
18 Kellia and Monastic Epigraphy -
19 Butrus al-Sadamanti al-Armani (Peter of Sadamant ‘the Armenian’) -
20 Julius of Aqfahs: The Martyrdom of John and Simon -
21 The Bohairic Acts of the Martyrs as a Genre of Religious Discourse -
22 Remnants of a Byzantine Church at Athribis -
23 Architecture in Kellia -
24 Kellia: Its Decoration in Painting and Stucco -
25 Highlights from the Polish Excavations at Marea/Philoxenite 2000–14 -
26 Conservation of Mural Paintings in the Coptic Museum - Abbreviations
- Bibliography
