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A Coptic monk wearing a qalansuwa hood, Egypt. Canterbury, Desert Fathers, Sacred Well, Monastic Life, Taste And See, Russian Orthodox, The Monks, The Kingdom Of God, Spiritual Practices

The qalansuwa is a black hood that covers the head and neck's back of a Coptic monk or nun in Egypt. It is associated with a monastic professional of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. It is officially called a koulla (Coptic; but the word itself is wide-spread in the Middle East), but by the end of the twentieth century it was commonly referred to as a qalansuwa (Arabic).

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