Deir Abu Hinnis () is a village in the

Minya Governorate Minya ( ') is one of the governorates of Upper Egypt. Its capital city, Minya, is located on the left bank of the Nile River. Etymology The name originates from the chief city of the governorate, originally known in Sahidic Coptic as ''Tmoone ...

, Egypt, on the eastern side of the Nile. The village includes an archaeological site that contain more than two hundred limestone quarries. The quarries in Deir Abu Hinnis were in use from the Middle Kingdom (2125–1775 BC) to the Coptic Period (3rd century–9th century AD). The village had a population of 19,638 in 2006. A 6th-century cave church in the mountains between Deir Abu Hinnis and

Deir El Bersha Deir El Bersha (; also written as Dayr al-Barsha, Deir el-Bersheh) is a Copts, Coptic village in Middle Egypt, in the Minya Governorate. It is located on the east bank of the Nile to the south of Antinopolis, Antinoöpolis and almost opposite the ...

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Flight into Egypt The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew (Matthew 2:13–Matthew 2:23, 23) and in New Testament apocrypha. Soon after the Biblical Magi, visit by the Magi, an angel appeared to Saint Joseph, Joseph in a dream telling ...

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File:DeirAbuHinnisChurch2.jpg, Church of John the Short

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{{Authority control Populated places in Minya Governorate