On Sunday 8 March 2020, the monk assembly of the thriving monastery of Anba Bishoy in Wadi al-Natroun in Egypt’s Western Desert [some 100km northwest Cairo] issued a statement mourning the Abbot Anba Sarapamoun who passed away during the dawn hours that day, at age 84. He had been moved to hospital four days … Continue reading Anba Sarapamoun (1937 – 2020): The perfect monk