Matta El Meskeen, Egyptian monk, theologian, and author (born 1919)

Matta El Meskeen

Egyptian Coptic Orthodox monk

Matta El Meskeen, born Youssef Iskandar, was a Coptic Orthodox monk. He was the key figure in the revival of Coptic monasticism, a movement which began in 1969 when he was appointed to the Monastery of St Macarius in the Wadi El Natrun in Egypt. By the time of his death the…