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St. Mena's relics were formerly kept in this church, however, most of these relics were transferred to the famous Monastery of St. Mina in Mariut (near Alexandria) in 1962. The only remaining ones are kept in the narthex of the church. On the southern sanctuary, there is shrine that contains a number of beautiful icons embroidered in the Coptic ...
St. Menas and boatman on a Makurian manuscript from c. 1000. There are many sources written in different languages (Koine Greek, Coptic, Old Nubian, Ge'ez, Latin, Syriac, Armenian) relating to Menas. [3] Menas was born in Egypt in 285 in the city of Nikiou, [4] which lay in the vicinity of Memphis.
The Monastery of Saint Mina is a monastery of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria located in the Western Desert near Alexandria. It is dedicated to Saint Menas. The modern monastery is built close to the ruins of Abu Mena, the original pilgrimage site dating from the mid-7th century.
Saint Menas (Greek: Ἄγιος Μηνάς, pr. Ágios Minás; Turkish: Ayios Minas Kilisesi) is a Greek Orthodox Church in Istanbul.. The edifice was built in 1833 near an early Christian Martyrion of the fourth or fifth century, possibly dedicated to the saints Carpus and Papylus (Greek: Μονὴ τῶν ἁγίων Κάρπου καὶ Παπὺλου, Monì ton Agíon Kárpou kai Papýlou ...
St. Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Tammua) St. Menas Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Fumm al-Khalig) St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Old Cairo) St. Samaan the Tanner Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Zabbaleen, Mokattam) St. Theodore the Oriental Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Haret Elroum) Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Haret Zuweila)
The church has a cruciform architecture with a central dome. [3] The floor plan of the church has external maximum dimensions of 43,20 m length and 29.50 m width and a surface area of 1,350 m 2. [4] It is the largest cathedral in Crete and one of the largest in Greece. A small and old church of Agios Minas is located in the proximity of the ...
A view of St. Abraam's Church on Long Island from outside. Archangel Michael & St. Mena Coptic Orthodox Church, Great Kills (Staten Island) St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Astoria ; St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Brooklyn; St. Helena & St. Anasimone Coptic Orthodox Church, Flushing; St. Luke Coptic Orthodox Church, New Hyde Park, NY
The interior of the church still contains an ornate epitaphios and despotic throne. [3] [4] In 1987 Saint Minas church has been classified by the Greek Ministry of Culture as a monument of the Byzantine/post-Byzantine period. [5] The feast of the church is held on November 11, and the celebration is accompanied by a traditional festival. [6]