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.
- Type: Archaeological site
- 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”, and “Monastery of St. Pshoi”
Red Monastery
- Categories: monastery, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sohag Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
26.56667° or 26° 34′ north
Longitude
31.58333° or 31° 35′ east
Elevation
98 metres (322 feet)
Open location code
7GRHHH8M+M8
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Red Monastery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الدير الأحمر”
- Arabic: “دير الأنبا بيشوي”
- Cebuano: “Dayr al Aḩmar”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الدير الاحمر”
- French: “monastère rouge”
- French: “Monastère Rouge”
- German: “ad-Dair al-Ahmar”
- German: “Kloster des al-Anba Bischoi”
- German: “Kloster des hl. Pischoi”
- German: “Kloster des hl. Pschoi”
- German: “Rotes Kloster”
- Japanese: “赤修道院”
- Polish: “Czerwony Klasztor (Deir al-Ahmar)”
- Polish: “Czerwony Klasztor”
- Russian: “Красный монастырь”
- Swedish: “Dayr al Aḩmar”
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