Monks and Monasteries of the Near East

Jules Leroy, the French art expert, spent several months touring the Near East in search of Early Christian remains. During this time he visited most of the monasteries in Egypt, Syria, the Lebanon, Palestine, and Iraq.

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• Preface
• Religion in the Arabo-Turkish World
• The Coptic Monasteries of Upper and Lower Egypt
• A Visit to the Tekke of the Bekrashis in Cairo
• The Greek Monasteries of Palestine
• The Lebanon-Land of Maronite Hermitages and Greek Monasteries
• Stylites' Country
• On the Borders of Kurdistan
• Sheik 'Adi-sanctuary of the Devil-worshippers
• Conclusion