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Under the patronage of Fathers Kamal Labib, and Milad Shehata, regional minister and Director of the Franciscan Cultural Center for Coptic Studies the Franciscan Order in Egypt, in cooperation with the Coptic Orthodox church, organized the third annual meeting of monks and nuns of Egypt under the title of stability and honesty in the monastic life at the Nile Hall in the Catholic Cinema Center in San Joseph.<\/span><\/h2>\n

In a\u00a0wondrous spiritual serenity, the Orthodox and Catholic monastic institutions met together to discuss the essence of their life. Monasticism: the love of God and the service of the neighbor with all spirit, humility and love.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The meeting was attended by the Organizing Committee and\u00a0number of Catholic and Orthodox monks and nuns,\u00a0including\u00a0Their Eminences Bishop Antonios Aziz, Bishop\u00a0of Giza for Catholic Copts,\u00a0Vatican Ambassador\u00a0to\u00a0Egypt, Bishop Bruno Mozar, Bishop\u00a0Ermia, General Bishop and Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center, Bishop Makary Bishop of South Shubra, Bishop Daniel Bishop and Abbot of\u00a0St. Paula Monastery, Monks of\u00a0St. Mina Monastery in the desert of Mariout, Monks of Al-Baramus\u00a0monastery in Wadi Al-Natroun, Monks of\u00a0St. Paula Monastery in the Red Sea, Monks of St.\u00a0Makarios of Alexandria Monastery in Wadi Rayan<\/span>, Nuns of\u00a0Prince Tadros Monastery Haret al-Rum,\u00a0Nuns of\u00a0St. George Monastery in Zuwaila, Nuns of\u00a0St. Mercurius Monastery,\u00a0Nuns of\u00a0St. George Monastery in Ancient Egypt and a group of Catholic church in Egypt.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The meeting began with\u00a0morning\u00a0prayer and then the speech of the Organizing Committee in which they welcomed the attendees and reviewed the previous meetings. The first meeting, which was held in December 2015 under the title of Monastic Life Prayer and Message and the second meeting which took place in December 2016 entitled Monastic life a testimony of joy.
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Then was the speech of the Vatican’s Ambassador, Bishop Bruno Mozar, in which he spoke about restoring the life of consecration and returning to Jesus Christ fountain of living water, the source of joy and steadfastness.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Bishop\u00a0Ermia, General Bishop and\u00a0Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center, thanked the Franciscan Fathers for this conference which brings together the children of St. Anthony the Great, the founder of the monastic order.<\/span><\/h2>\n

He referred to the principles of monasticism which we received from St. Anthony the Great, namely, the voluntary poverty, Obedience, chastity and that monasticism is the preoccupation with speaking to God and listening to him. The monk must listen to the voice of God in his heart, in his own nature, and turns\u00a0to nature around him to find\u00a0peace, meditation and prayer<\/span><\/h2>\n

At the end of the meeting, Father Kamal Labib, the regional minister of the Franciscan monks in Egypt, thanked the Organizing Committee,\u00a0and guests , and\u00a0asked\u00a0Bishop Antonios Aziz and\u00a0Bishop Makari to pray and give the blessing.<\/span><\/h2>\n

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