Saint Menas in Coptic Art
- 4 May 2015 - 4 May 2015
- | Bibliotheca Alexandrina
- | Lecture
- | Open For Public
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The lecture is organized by the BA Center for Coptic Studies; and will be delivered by Nader Alfy Zekri, a tour guide instructor at Sadat University. The lecture aims to introduce the great martyr Menas, the most famous martyr of the Egyptian Coptic Church. He gained major attention from experts in Coptic art inside and outside Egypt. Several museums around the world were named after him, and contain some of his belongings.
The lecture is part of the 5th Coptic Cultural Season in Cairo, which is organized by the Center, and during which several Coptic Studies experts from Egyptian and international universities will deliver their lectures. The lecture will be held on the Center’s premises in Cairo: the Administrative Building, Sofitel Maadi Hotel, next to the Sadat Academy for Management Sciences, at the BA Office on the 23rd floor.