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Deir Al Adra (Virgin Monastery) & Church

Deir Al AdraDeir Al Adra (sometimes referenced as Deir Al Adhra, both meaning 'monastery of the Virgin') stands on the Gabal Al Tayr (sometimes referenced as Jebel El Teir, both meaning 'Mountain of the Birds'), is located in Samalut city in El Minya. Deir Al Adra is an old Monastery/church built by Empress Helena in 328 A.D on the site where the Virgin, Christ and Joseph, the Carpenter, stayed during their flight to Egypt It is about 58 miles south of Beni Suef and just east of the city of Samalut, situated on a hill on the east bank of the Nile.
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