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3 unusual facts about Qasr Hur


Monastery of Saint Fana

The French Jesuit priest Father Michel Marie Jullien (1827–1911) reported that the priest of the neighboring village Qasr Hur had cleared the church of debris and used the church for the Divine Liturgy.

Qasr Hur

Qasr Hur is a village in the governorate of Minya, Egypt, around 300 km south of Cairo, on the edge of the Western or Libyan desert.

The Coptic Orthodox priest of Qasr Hur has been tending the ruined church of the Monastery of Abu Fanah until the mid eighties of the 20th century.



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