Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great

Beheira Governorate · Egypt

Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great, Egypt
Photo: Faris El-Gwely, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Founded in the fourth century in the Nitrian desert, this Coptic monastery has been a burial place of patriarchs and a centre of ascetic life. Restored churches and gardens now surround its ancient keep.

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