This Coptic monastery was built in 400 AD by St Shenouda. White limestones from local Pharaonic temples were used to built this monastery and hence its name. The monastery was once home to 2,000 monks. Today little remains within its high fortress walls apart from a church dedicated to its founder.
Officially known as The Monastery of St Shenouda
Some remaining columns of the church
Christ in Majesty
Cloth draped Cross
representing the resurrected Christ
Steps to the Chapel of Archangel Michael
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