Tabenna
Sign in to saveTabenna is a Christian community founded in Upper Egypt around 320 by Saint Pachomius. It was the motherhouse of a federation of monasteries known as the Koinonia. At the time of Pachomius's death in 346, there were nine establishments for men and two for women, along with two or three thousand "Tabennesites". It is considered the first major model of cenobitic monasticism in early Christianity.
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- Egypt
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Tabenna (Tabennae, Tabennisi) (koptyjski: ⲧⲁⲃⲉⲛⲛⲏⲥⲓ) – jeden z pierwszych klasztorów koptyjskich. Klasztor został założony przez Pachomiusza, jednego z Ojców Pustyni na wyspie na rzece Nil w Górnym Egipcie.
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