Monastery of Saint Mary Deipara
The Monastery of Saint Mary of the Syrians is a Coptic Orthodox monastery located in Wadi El Natrun in the Nitrian Desert, Beheira Governorate, Egypt. It is located about 500 meters northwest of the Monastery of Saint Pishoy.Photo: Lumen roma, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: building in Egypt
- Also known as: “Dayr as Siryani”, “Dayr as Siryānī”, “Dayr as Suryānī”, “Deir Suriani”, and “Syrian Monastery”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Saint Bishoy Monastery.
Saint Bishoy Monastery
Church
Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Monastery of Saint Pishoy, also known as Saint Pishoy Monastery, is a Coptic Orthodox monastery in Wadi El Natrun, west of the Nile Delta in northern Egypt.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wadi El Natrun.
Wadi El Natrun
Photo: someone10x, CC BY 2.0.
Wadi El Natrun is a valley in Lower Egypt. The valley contains several alkaline lakes, salt deposits, salt marshes and freshwater marshes. The area home to four historic Coptic monasteries still in use.
Monastery of Saint Mary Deipara
- Categories: monastery, building, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Beheira, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.31884° or 30° 19′ 8″ northLongitude
30.35929° or 30° 21′ 33″ eastElevation
-9 metres (-30 feet)Open location code
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Monastery of Saint Mary Deipara” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير العذراء - السريان”
- Arabic: “دير العذراء السريان”
- Chinese: “叙利亚修道院”
- Dutch: “Syrisch klooster”
- Dutch: “Syrische klooster”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير السريان”
- French: “monastère des Syriens”
- French: “Monastère des Syriens”
- German: “Dair as-Suryān”
- German: “Deir es-Suryān”
- German: “Kloster der hl. Jungfrau Maria der Syrer”
- German: “Kloster der Syrer”
- German: “Syrer-Kloster”
- Persian: “صومعه سنت مریم دیپارا”
- Polish: “Klasztor Syryjczyków”
- Russian: “Монастырь Дейр-Суриани”
- Urdu: “صومعہ سینٹ مریم دیپارا”
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