His Eminence Bishop Bemen of Naqada and Qus opened three monasteries in Al-Asas Wilderness after the completion of the restoration work, which took three years.
The resorted monasteries are Archangel Michael monastery, the monastery of St. Bessentus, and the monastery of St. George.
The inauguration ceremony was attended by Dr. Osama Talaat, head of the Islamic, Coptic and Jewish antiquities sector at the Supreme Council of Antiquities, and a delegation of the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities and a number of senior officials
