Simeon Monastery is an ancient, abandoned fortress monastery mostly built during the 7th century and located near Aswan. The monastery was given the name St Simeon by archaeologists and travelers, but earlier Arabic and Coptic sources called it Anba Hatre (Hidra, Hadri, Hadra), after an anchorite who was consecrated a bishop of Syene (now Aswan) by Patriarch Theophilus (385-412 AD). Anba Hatre married at the age of eighteen. Tradition says that just after the wedding, he encountered a funeral procession which inspired him to preserve his chastity and later become a disciple of Saint Baiman. After eight years of ascetic practices under the supervision of his teacher, he retired to the desert and applied himself to the study of the life of Saint Antony. He died during the time of Theodosius I.
 

OneSkyToursEgypt representative will pick you up and then go to the St. Simeon Monastery. The monastery is located at the southern tip of the Elephantine Island in Aswan .  It was built to honor Anba Hadra, a fourth century monk.  That is why the monastery is also known as Anba Hatre. Around the first half of the eleventh or even on the tenth century, the main church of the monastery was built. It is considered one of the oldest monasteries in Egypt. After the Saint Simeon Monastery Tour is finished; you will be accompanied back to your hotel.

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