LE MONASTERE DE GABAL AL-TAIR: HISTOIRE, ARCHITECTURE ET ART

EL GENDI, SHERIN

doi:10.21608/jguaa2.2024.298801.1206

LE MONASTERE DE GABAL AL-TAIR: HISTOIRE, ARCHITECTURE ET ART

Document Type : Original Article

Author

SHERIN EL GENDI

Professor at Tourist Guidance Department, Faculty of Arts/ cAin Shams University

10.21608/jguaa2.2024.298801.1206

Abstract

دير جبل الطير: تاريخ، عمارة وفن [Ar]
. تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى إلقاء الضوء على واحداً من أهم الأديرة القبطية المعلقة فى مصر وهو دير جبل الطير. فوفقاً للتقليــد القبطى الأرثوذوكسى، حلت العائلة المقدسة بأرض مصر منذ ما يقرب من عشرين قرن من الزمان هرباً من بطش هيرودس ملك بيت لحم بفلسطين والذى أراد قتل السيد المسيح. ويعتقد أن العائلة المقدسة قد استقرت فى مصر ما يقرب من ثلاثة سنوات وأحد عشر شهراً مرت خلالها بمناطق كثيرة بداية من شبه جزيرة سيناء ومروراً بالدلتا والصحراء الغربية والقاهرة ومصر الوسطى إلى أن انتهى بها المطاف فى دير المحرق بأسيوط. وتعتبر منطقة دير جبل الطير من أهم وأجمل وأقدم المواقع الأثرية التى شرفت بزيارة العائلة المقدسة. ويتوافد عدد كبير بانتظام من الزائرين على مدار العام على هذا الدير نظراً لما له من أهمية تاريخية وأثرية وفنية كبيرة سوف نتناولها بالعرض وبالشرح لإلقاء مزيد من الضوء على هذا الموقع الأثرى الهام والذى يعتبرمن روائع فن المعمار القبطى لإدارته تراثياً ولاستغلاله فى التنمية السياحية.

[En] The Monastery of Gabal al-Tair: History, Architecture and Art: This study aims to shed light on one of the most important Coptic hanging monasteries in Egypt. Nearly twenty centuries ago, the Holy Family arrived into Egypt escaping from Herodus, king of Bethlehem, who wanted to kill Jesus the Child according to the Coptic Orthodox Tradition. It is believed that the Holy Family spent about three years and eleven months in Egypt. During this period, the Holy Family visited many different places starting from Sinai, the Delta, the Libyan Desert, Cairo, and Middle Egypt and ended up in the Monastery of al-Muharraq at Asyut. The area of the Monastery of Gabal al-Tair is considered as one of the most beautiful and important archeological sites which was blessed by the visit of the Savior. A large number of visitors flock regularly throughout the year to this monastery due to its historical, archeological and artistic value. We shall highlight this monastery because of its importance in the Coptic heritage in order to manage the site heritage and to revitalize the area in tourism development.

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