George Mercurius

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I am excited to share with you part of my ongoing project, "The Golden Ear."

The name of the project is inspired by the life of Anthony, who started the story of monasticism at his hands. He is its founder and the father of all monks in the whole world. The story begins when he was in the church and heard the words of Christ in the Gospel of Matthew "If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me."
Those words found an echo in his golden ears and changed the life of Saint Anthony, paving the way for the movement of monasticism in the world.

This project is a journey to explore the Coptic Orthodox monastic life in Egypt. It seeks to understand the daily routine and spiritual practices of modern-day monks, as well as what life was like in Qalali in the middle of the desert and on the mountains.

The pictures are from the Monastery of Saint Anthony, the first and oldest monastery in the world, in Mount Galala - Galala, after the word Qalali, i.e. the residence of the monks - in the Red Sea Governorate, Egypt.

- visitors of Saint Anthony’s cave, Monastery of Saint Anthony.
Red Sea Governorate, Egypt 2018.

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