Red Monastery
The Red Monastery or The Monastery of Apa Pshay is a Coptic Orthodox monastery named after an Egyptian saint named Pshay or Pishay, not to be confused with Pishoy, Bishop of Sketis.
- Archaeological site
- …lies at an elevation of 98 metres (322 feet)
- Description: Monastery of St. Pshoi near Sohag, Egypt
- Also known as“al-Dayr al-Ahmar”“Dayr al Ahmar”“Monastery of al-Anba Bishoi”“Monastery of St. Pishoi”“Monastery of St. Pshoi”
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Latitude
26.56667° or 26° 34′ north
Longitude
31.58333° or 31° 35′ east
Open location code
7GRHHH8M+M8
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Red Monastery” goes by many names.
الدير الأحمرArabic
دير الأنبا بيشويArabic
Dayr al AḩmarCebuano
الدير الاحمرEgyptian Arabic
赤修道院Japanese
Czerwony KlasztorPolish
Czerwony Klasztor (Deir al-Ahmar)Polish
Красный монастырьRussian
Dayr al AḩmarSwedish
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