Monastery of Anba Barsoum Al-Arian Every year, the Copts celebrate the feast of Saint Bishop Barsoom Al-Arian. “Al-Arian” Monastery, in the Al-Ma’asra area of ​​Helwan, it was known in the past as “Shahran,” according to what Pastor Basilius Naguib mentioned. He also described his monastery, the scholar Al-Maqrizi, as being built of stone and mud, with palm trees, and several monks.

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