Return to the Tour Egypt document on, Wadi Naturn, the Ancient Coptic Christian Center

The history of the Wadi and its importance to Coptic Christians dates back to the 4th century AD. Christianity reached the area with St. Macarius the Great who retreated there in c.330, at a time when monastic life was not yet developed.

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