Description
- Actors: Egypt's Copts
- Directors: Kultur
- Format: Multiple Formats, Color, NTSC
- Language: English
- Region: All Regions
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Rated:
- Studio: Kultur Video
- DVD Release Date: October 29, 2013
- Run Time: 53 minutes
The Copts, the native Christian community of Egypt, have a culture, a language and a church with ancient roots. Having survived Roman persecution and Byzantine rule, they have co-existed with Islam for fourteen centuries. This program visits two of the oldest desert monasteries in Egypt to observe religious practices and a way of life that have changed remarkably little since the beginnings of Coptic Christianity. It also explores the religion s iconography and the art, artifacts and textiles it has inspired.