White Monastery
The Coptic White Monastery, also The Monastery of Abba Shenouda and The Athribian Monastery is a Coptic Orthodox monastery named after Saint Shenoute. It is located near the Upper Egyptian cities of Tahta and Sohag, and about two and a half miles south-east of the Red Monastery.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: monastery in Egypt
- Also known as: “Dayr al Abyad”, “Dayr al-Abyaḍ”, “Dier el-Abyad”, and “Monastery of Apa Shenoute”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Red Monastery.
Red Monastery
Church
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The Red Monastery or The Monastery of Apa Psoi is a Coptic Orthodox monastery named after an Egyptian saint named Psoi or Pishoy, not to be confused with Pishoy, Bishop of Sketis. Red Monastery is situated 2 km east of White Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sohag.
Sohag
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Sohag, also spelled as Suhag or Suhaj, is a city on the west bank of the Nile in Egypt. The city has been the capital of Sohag Governorate since 1960, before which the capital was Girga and the name of the governorate was Girga Governorate.
White Monastery
- Categories: monastery, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sohag Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“White Monastery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الدير الأبيض”
- Arabic: “دير الأنبا شنودة رئيس المتوحدين”
- Cebuano: “Dayr al Abyaḑ”
- Dutch: “Witte klooster”
- Dutch: “Witte Klooster”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الدير الابيض”
- French: “monastère blanc”
- French: “Monastère blanc”
- German: “ad-Dair al-Abyad”
- German: “Deir al-Abiad”
- German: “Weißes Kloster”
- Irish: “an Mhainistir Bhán”
- Italian: “Dayr al-Abyaḍ”
- Italian: “Monastero bianco”
- Japanese: “白修道院”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Det hvite klosteret”
- Norwegian: “Det hvite klosteret”
- Polish: “Biały Klasztor”
- Russian: “Белый монастырь”
- Swedish: “Dayr al Abyaḑ”
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