Praise for Monastery and High Cross “Early Christian Ireland is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. All the more mysterious are its connections with monks in remotest Egypt. This book will transport you to a fascinating place you never knew existed. You will love every blessed page.” — Mike Aquilina, author of St. Patrick and His World “This work does us a great service. Connie Marshner’s work is built upon the first discovery of archaeological evidence of a direct relationship between early Christian Ireland and Egypt in the discovery of the Faddan More Psalter in 2006. Inspired by this discovery, Marshner, a Melkite Catholic of Irish descent, marshals a wide variety of earlier texts that underline the connections be- tween early Christian Ireland and the Christian East in general and Egypt in particular.” — Fr. Neil Xavier O’Donoghue, Ph.D., Director of Liturgical Programmes, St. Patrick’s Pontifical University, Maynooth “In Monastery and High Cross, Marshner gives us a zesty and intrigu- ing portrait of Irish Christianity as it was before the Romans came. It was a Faith that traveled over well-established trade routes, reach- ing Egypt, Constantinople, and points further east and returning over land and sea to the far-west land of Ireland. In the last fifty years, the archaeological evidence for this has blossomed, making this a fascinating story.” — Frederica Mathewes-Green, author of Facing East: A Pilgrim’s Journey into the Mysteries of Orthodoxy and Welcome to the Orthodox Church