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SALZBURG (eds) / Eine ökumenische Studienreise von Universität Salzburg, Pro Oriente und Erzdiözese unter der Leitung von Theologie-Dekan Dietmar Winkler begab sich in Ägypten auf die Spuren der koptisch-orthodoxen und koptisch-katholischen Kirche, wie die Salzburger Kirchenzeitung „Rupertusblatt“ berichtete (aktuelle Ausgabe). Auf dem Programm stand auch der Besuch der Wüstenklöster – sie verzeichnen aktuell einen Höchststand an Eintritten von jungen Mönchen, die sich für ein Leben in Askese und Gottsuche entscheiden. Weitere Exkursionsprogrammpunkte waren Abu Mena, eines der wichtigsten christlichen Pilgerziele der Spätantike und die christliche Eremitensiedlung Kellia. „Es war unser Ansatz, die koptische Tradition und das ägyptische Mönchstum in ihrer Geschichte, Archäologie und ganz konkreten Gegenwart kennen zu lernen“, erklärte Winkler.
Von besonderer Wirkung war der Besuch bei den Zabbaleen (Zabbalin), den „Müllmenschen“. So nennen die Ägypter die inoffiziellen Müllsammler der 20 Millionen-Metropole Kairo. Dort leben zirka 600.000 koptische Christinnen und Christen von und im Müll. In den engen Gassen wühlen Frauen und Kinder bei 40 Grad im Schatten und starker Geruchsbelastung in den Müllbergen. Ursprünglich war es die katholische Sr. Emmanuelle vom Orden „Unsere Liebe Frau von Sion“, die von 1971 bis 1994 ihr Leben den Müllsammelnden widmete. Heute ist es die koptisch-orthodoxe Sr. Takla, die das Werk weiterführt. „Wir erleben hier eine fruchtbare Ökumene der Tat. Es ist uns wichtig, auch diese Seite des kirchlichen Lebens der Kopten zu sehen“, erklärte Dekan Dietmar Winkler. Sr. Takla und Engagierte organisieren eine Privatschule und einen Kindergarten für die „Müllmenschen“, um soziales Leben, Bildung und Selbstorganisation zu ermöglichen. Ausdruck der tiefen Frömmigkeit der Zabbalin ist die Höhlenkirche Simon des Schusters.
Fazit der Studienreise: Die Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer der Exkursion erlebten und erspürten das Christentum am Nil in all seinen Facetten.
Den ungekürzten Rupertusblatt-Beitrag lesen Sie unter www.rupertusblatt.at/weltkirche/2881/auf-den-spuren-des-christentums-am-nil
Teil 1 des Schwerpunkts lesen Sie ungekürzt unter www.rupertusblatt.at/weltkirche/2870/auf-den-spuren-des-christentums-am-nil.
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