Coptic archaeological tour in Esna monasteries

Our guide will take you from your hotel in Luxor to start your Coptic archaeological tour with a visit to the following places :
Monastery of the Holy Martyrs
This monastery is considered one of the important monasteries existing in the city of Esna due to the existence of an important decorative wealth of ancient Fresco decorations.
. The monastery was built in the same place as an old monastery called the monastery of St. Isaac, and It was named the Martyrs’ Monastery because it is the same place where most of the Christian residents of Esna were martyred by Roman soldiers at the end of the third century AD.

Our next step will be The church of Saint Mother Dolagy and her four sons
The church is attributed to the martyr Mother Dolagy and her four sons, Sors, Herman, Abanova and Sintas, who were martyred in the third century AD during the Roman persecution. The Roman soldiers deliberately recited the children to the knees of the mother, in order to torture her and then killed the mother.

The most important characteristic of this church is the archaeological veil of the temple, which is made of wood interleaved in the form of overlapping crosses.
You will take a short break for lunch in a local restaurant

The shrine of the three peasants Martyrs of” Soures, Antiochion and Mashhoury”

On one of the streets of the city, a dome with a small wooden cross stops us as if she would like us to tell us about the story of our ancestors’ tournaments in Esna
It is the story of” Soures, Antiochion and Mashhoury ”
There is an archaeological dome of the works of Queen Helena, and the three peasants are the last group martyred in the city of Esna
The strangest event in their biography is that they asked to behead their heads With their axes, which they were worked by it , instead of the swords of the governor
Monastery of St. Matthews Fakhoury:
The monastery is named after St. Matthew the solitary, and there is one ancient church with a room next to it. having the body of St Matthews
The old parts of the church date back to the 12th century and consist of a middle structure and two small lateral structures with a high dome in the middle surrounded by low domes and the Qalali building. It is centered on a wide road with its rooms on either side and the fort is relatively small
The walls of the monastery are decorated with fresco drawings which the French Institute of Oriental Antiquities studied and published in a special volume of the monasteries of Esna.
Shrine of Paul and Peter:
From the center of the city market, which is crowded with sellers and vegetable carts, you find the shrine of the martyrs Paul and Peter
The saints were from a distant town and then set up in the city of Esna to find that the planting of martyrdom was established and hastened to receive the honor of martyrdom.
Enjoy watching the church and its decoration to know a lot history of Saints Boas and Peter
After that, the guide will take you back to your hotel in luxor