Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite

The Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite in Egypt is a Coptic Orthodox monastery located in the , near the Red Sea Mountains. It is about 405 km south east of . The monastery is also known as the Monastery of the Tigers.
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Latitude
28.84743° or 28° 50′ 51″ north
Longitude
32.55069° or 32° 33′ 3″ east
Open location code
7GWJRHW2+X7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 969756018
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Geo­Names ID
350562
Wiki­data ID
Q488773

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دير الأنبا بولا”
  • Dutch: “Anba Polaklooster”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دير الانبا بولا”
  • French: “Monastère de Saint-Paul”
  • French: “Monastère Saint-Paul”
  • German: “Anba-Pola-Kloster”
  • German: “Kloster des hl. Paulus des Einsiedlers”
  • German: “Paulus-Kloster”
  • Italian: “Monastero di San Paolo eremita”
  • Persian: “صومعه سنت پل منزوی”
  • Polish: “Klasztor Świętego Pawła”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Павла Фивейского”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Святого Павла Фивейского”
  • Serbian: “Манастир Светог Павла Тивејског”
  • Turkish: “Anchorite Aziz Paul Manastırı”
  • Ukrainian: “Монастир святого Павла Фівейського”

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