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Monastery of St. Savvas the Sanctified (Alexandria, Egypt)

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In antiquity before the area on which the [[monastery]] is situated became Christian, it was an area dedicated to [[paganism|pagan]] gods, either Mithra or Apollo. In the late 310s, a Christian church dedicated to either the Holy [[Apostles]] or the Apostle and Evangelist [[Apostle Mark|Mark]] was established on the site. Within a few years [[monk]]s began to assemble around the [[church]] and soon [[cell]]s were built and the beginning of a monastery became evident. When the [[schism]] that developed within the Church of Alexandria grew in the sixth century the monastery became the seat of the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council|Chalcedon]] Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria.
Through the centuries the monastery has suffered the ravages of nature and man. During the middle of the seventh century the monastery was destroyed by an earthquake, but was rebuilt with funds given in the name of St. Savvas by a wealthy Alexandrian named Savvas. The monastery was dedicated to St. [[Savvas the Sanctified]] as he was said to have lived in Alexandria before he moved to the monastery he established in Jerusalem<ref>Comment by Archbishop [[Chrysostomos I (Papadopoulos) of Athens |Chrysostomos (Papadopoulos) of Athens]]</ref>.
St. Savvas Monastery was again damaged by the Arabs during the ninth century. Renovations were completed by 889, during the patriarchate of [[Michael II of Alexandria|Michael II]]. The monastery, again, was re-built during the time of Patr. [[Joachim I of Alexandria|Joachim I]] in the sixteenth century.
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