Anafora, retreat center in the Egyptian desert: Coptic spirituality, silence, training, organic farming and community that transforms lives.
Coptic church in Anafora, Nile delta region, between Cairo and Alexandria. Senderistas - Shutterstock
Courtyard of Deir Anba Maqar Jason Mallia
Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great, cradle of the Christian desert in Wadi El Natrun: relics of saints, seven churches and a living Coptic monastic tradition
Main entrance of Deir Al-Suryan Jason Mallia
Syriac Monastery of Saint Mary: a 6th-century jewel in Wadi El Natrun, famous for its manuscripts, frescoes, and the tradition of Saint Ephrem the Syrian.
Main entrance of Deir Al-Baramus Jason Mallia
Coptic Monastery of Paromeos: founded in the 4th century by Saint Macarius, home of Saint Moses the Black and living jewel of the Wadi El Natrun desert.
A domed section of Saint Bishoy Monastery, a Coptic Orthodox monastery Thomas Wyness - Shutterstock
Coptic monastery of Anba Bishoy: founded in the 4th century, the largest active center of Wadi El Natrun, with five churches, a fortress and rich monastic traditions.
The old and new church in Brughiera Di Viaggiamocela - Opera propria, CC BY-SA 4.0
Andorno’s Sanctuary & Sacred Mount: grotto of the Baptist with healing waters, Vittone’s Baroque church, hermit chapels, the 1764 “Campanun,” and the historic road–tunnel link to Oropa
The old and new church in Brughiera Di Viaggiamocela - Opera propria, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Brughiera near Trivero blends faith, legend, and art: Marian apparition, Baroque frescoes, the “Battle of the Gunshots,” and a 19th-century Via Crucis.
Santo Stefano di Sessano church By Laurom - Own work, Pubic domain
The 11th-century Church of Santo Stefano in Chiaverano unites Romanesque art, Ottonian frescoes, and the memory of Sessano, a vanished village along the Via Francigena
Interior of the Ivrea Cathedral Clara Bonitti - Shutterstock
Ivrea Cathedral blends history and art: from its Roman origins and Warmondo’s Romanesque crypt to Baroque splendor and a Palladian Neoclassical façade