In the deserts of far and wide Egypt, Coptic monasteries stand witness to the historical periods and periods that Egypt has gone through since Christianity entered it until now, where the first appearance of the idea of monasticism and the construction of monasteries in the late third century AD
The idea of monasticism is to leave the Christian family and community in which they live, heading to a desert, to live in a united, and then developed the idea to create a place to bring together those who mean monasticism in what was then known monasteries
Egypt has embraced hundreds of monasteries since the third century AD
No governorate was devoid of a monastery famous for it and was a destination for religious tourism in Egypt, as they are all under the political responsibility of the Ministry of Antiquities
The monasteries are divided into two parts, one full monasteries, the monastic life is still in force today, and the other is not full