Deep down in Egypt, 500 km (300 miles) south of Cairo, just outside the province capital of Sohag, at the border of the Nile valley and the Western desert, within a stone’s throw of the age-old White Monastry, one finds a remarkable new Coptic Orthodox Church.

The garden around the church has been richly decorated with Christian art.

At the garden walls one finds one finds many Biblical images. Below an overview of images related to the Old Testament.

Adam and Eve

Cain and Abel

Noah and the ark

Abraham sacrifices Isaac.

Jacob’s dream at Bethel

Joseph and his brothers

Moses and the crossing of the Red Sea

Joshua and the destruction of Jericho

Samson moves the two pillars of the temple.

Samuel anoints David.

David and Goliath

Salomon’s judgment

Elijah taken up to heaven

Jerusalem’s walls rebuilt after the return from the exile

Tobias, the angel, and the fish (Tobit 6)

The three men in the fiery furnace

Daniel in the lions’ den