- The idea of building the monastery came after the discovery of the cave in which Saint Simeon the tanner was buried by chance in February.
- The Monastery of St. Simon the Tanner is the largest and has an amphitheater with a seating capacity of 20,000.
- The entire monastery was named after Saint Simon The Tanner, a man who was alive during the Fatimid period of Egypt.
- The Monastery of Saint Simon is named after the Coptic Saint, Simon the Tanner, who lived in Egypt at the end of the 10th century.
- St. Simon the Shoemaker (10th century A.D.), also known as Simon the Tanner (Sama'an el-Dabbagh in Arabic)...
- Named after Saint Simon the Tanner, the Coptic Orthodox saint associated with the miracle of moving the Mokattam Mountain during the Fatimid reign in...
- A third church of the series of churches in the Monastery is St Mark's Church and St Simon the tanner's Hall.
- It dedicated to Saint Samaan, the patron saint of the church who is associated with a miracle of moving the Mokattam hills in 979 AD.
- The Monastery of St. Simon the Tanner has an amphitheater with a seating capacity of 20,000 people.
- There are walls with carvings, walls with pictures (including that of Mother Theresa when she visited it), amphitheater kind of seatings, an altar with the remains of...