Miss Mabrouk of Egypt

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Saturday, October 01, 2005

The Need to Get Away from it All

Ever Since A.D. 270, the Need to Get Away From It All - a nice piece by the NYT about St. Anthony's Monastery and the recently found monk's cells dating to the fourth century -- the oldest ever discovered. St. Anthony's is generally considered to be the birthplace of the Christian monastic movement.