Chapter 5. Monks and Monasteries

First Annual Monastic Conference

Original Arabic Text

The Monasteries Affairs Committee held the first conference of monks between 17-19 March 2005 in the Monastery of St. Bishoy in the Natrun Valley, hosted and under the patronage of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III. Heads and secretaries of monasteries and some monks attended, and His Holiness the Pope gave a valuable lecture entitled "On the basic principles of monasticism" and some bishops participated in other lectures."