Mary Farag

Mary K. Farag is a historian of late antiquity with a focus on Christianity. Her book, What Makes a Church Sacred? Legal and Ritual Perspectives from Late Antiquity appeared both in a paperback edition and an open access downloadable book. In general, Farag’s research focuses on Christian monastic and liturgical practices in late antiquity, particularly in Egypt, and their entanglements in the wider Greco-Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic worlds. She is currently editing and translating an Arabic witness to the Life of Pachomius and writing a monograph about the significance of this monastic text as well as its history of redaction and reception. Farag is active in educational work in Coptic Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox parishes.