Christianity and Monasticism in Northern Egypt

Gawdat Gabra is the former director of the Coptic Museum and the author, coauthor, or editor of numerous books on the history and culture of Egyptian Christianity, including The History and Religious Heritage of Old Cairo (AUC Press, 2013). He is currently visiting professor of Coptic studies at Claremont Graduate University, California. Hany N. Takla

• Table of ContentsLanguage and Literature1. John of Barullos (540–615), Fr. John Paul Abdelsayed2. The Relationship between the Monks of Northern Egypt and the Patriarchs of the Egyptian Church, David Brakke3. Saint Minas Monastery in Arabic Sources, Sherin Sadek El Gendi4. The Bashmurite Revolts and the ‘Bashmuric Dialect,’ Frank Feder5. Toward the Localization of the Hennaton Monastic Complex, Mary Ghattas6. The Pachomian Federation and Lower Egypt: The Ties that Bind, James E. Goehring7. The Relations between the Coptic Church and the Armenian Church from the Time of Muhammad Ali to the Present (1805–2015), Mary Kupelian8. Saint Barsoum the Naked and His Veneration at al-Ma‘sara (Deir Shahran), Bishop Martyros9. The Traditions of the Holy Family and the Development of Christianity in the Nile Delta, Ashraf Alexandre Sadek10. The History of Dayr al-Khandaq/Anba Ruways and the Cathedral of Saint MarkAdel F. Sadek11. The Perception of St. Athanasius of Alexandria in Later Coptic Literature, Ibrahim Saweros12. The Discovery of Papyri from Turah at Dayr al-Qusayr (Dayr Arsaniyus) and Its Legacy, Caroline T. Schroeder13. Nitria, Mark Sheridan14. Yuhanna al-Samannudi, the Founder of National Coptic Philology in the Middle Ages, Adel Sidarus15. The Arabic Version of the Miracles of Apa Mena Based on Two Unpublished Manuscripts in the Collection of the St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society in Los Angeles, Hany N. Takla16. Life of Pope Cyril VI (Kyrillos VI), Teddawos Ava Mine and Youhanna Nessim Youssef17. The Veneration of Anba Hadid and the Nile Delta in the Thirteenth Century, Asuka Tsuji18. Kellia and Monastic Epigraphy, Jacques van der Vliet19. Butrus al-Sadamanti al-Armani (Peter of Sadamant “the Armenian”), Fr. Awad Wadi20. Julius of Akfahs: The Martyrdom of John and Simon, Youhanna Nessim Youssef21. The Bohairic Martyrs Acts as a Genre of Religious Discourse, Ewa D. ZakrzewskaArt, Archaeology, and Material Culture22. Remnants of a Byzantine Church at Athribis, Tomasz Górecki23. Architecture in Kellia, Gisèle Hadji-Minaglou24. Art in Kellia, Karel Innemée25. Highlights from the Polish Excavations at Marea/Philoxenite 2000–14, Daria Tarara Krzysztof BabrajPreservation26. Conservation of Mural Paintings in the Coptic Museum, Michael Jones