Dayr al Malak

Dayr al Malak is a church in , . Dayr al Malak is situated nearby to the locality .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sheneset-Chenoboskion (al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad) and Nag Hammâdi.

Locality
al-Qasr wa as-Sayyad is a village in district of , . An early center of Christianity in the Thebaid, Roman Egypt, a site frequented by Desert Fathers from the 3rd century and the site of a monastery from the 4th, it was earlier known as Chenoboskion, also called Chenoboscium, Chenoboskia and Sheneset.

Town
Photo: Mohamedelbadawy88, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nag Hammadi is a city and markaz in . It is located on the west bank of the Nile in the , about 80 kilometres north-west of . is situated 8 km west of Dayr al Malak.

Village
Pbow was a cenobitic monastery established by St. Pachomius in 336-337 AD. Pbow is about 100 km north of in modern . It was one of the nine Pachomian monasteries. is situated 10 km northeast of Dayr al Malak.

Dayr al Malak

Latitude
26.06667° or 26° 4′ north
Longitude
32.31667° or 32° 19′ east
Elevation
63 metres (207 feet)
Open location code
7GRJ3888+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768558466
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Geo­Names ID
353002
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