Morning around 07.00 A.M Our representative will meet you to escort you by private AC car to transfer to St. Anthony Monastery its take almost 03 Hours Drive , Arrive there the 4th-century St. Anthony fortified community in the Eastern Desert represents the beginnings of Christian monastic tradition. Nearby you can go on a guided tour of the church and grounds of St. Paul Monastery, St. Paul of Thebes abandoned civilization to live in the desert for 85 years. He settled in the wilderness of Egypt's eastern desert around year 250 AD. Living a life of extreme austerity, the hermit is said to have been fed a half-loaf each day by a raven. Around 340 AD, the famous desert monk St. Anthony visited Paul just before he died. According to legend, when St. Paul passed away, two lions dug his grave. St. Anthony buried the hermit there, and designated him a saint. Then Drive back to Cairo . |