Saint Bishoy Monastery

The Monastery of Saint Pishoy, also known as Saint Pishoy Monastery, is a Coptic Orthodox monastery in , west of the in northern .
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  • Church
  • …lies at an elevation of -5 metres (-16 feet)
  • Description: Monastery of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria located in Egypt
  • Also known as
    “Deir Amba Bishôi, Deir Amba Bishoi, Dayr al Anba Bishuy”
    “Monastery of Saint Bishoy”
    “Monastery of Saint Pishoy”

Places of Interest Nearby

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wadi El Natrun.
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Saint Bishoy Monastery

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Latitude
30.31904° or 30° 19′ 9″ north
Longitude
30.36007° or 30° 21′ 36″ east
Open location code
8G2G8996+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 768095210
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Wiki­data ID
Q3320206

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Urdu—“Saint Bishoy Monastery” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Manastiri i Shën Pishojit”
  • Arabic: “دير الأنبا بشوي”
  • Arabic: “دير الأنبا بيشوي”
  • Arabic: “دير القديس أنبا بيشوي”
  • Danish: “Sankt Bishoy-klosteret”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “دير الانبا بيشوى”
  • French: “Deir Amba Bishoi”
  • French: “Monastère saint-bishoy”
  • Galician: “Mosteiro de San Bishoi”
  • German: “Dair al-Anbā Bīschoi”
  • German: “Deir Amba Bishoi”
  • German: “Deir el-Anbā Bīschoi”
  • German: “Kloster des hl. Pischoi”
  • German: “St.-Pischoi-Kloster”
  • Greek: “Ιερά μονή του Αγίου Πίσουι”
  • Hausa: “Monastery of Saint Pishoy”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Bisoj-kolostor”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Pisoi-kolostor”
  • Hungarian: “Szent Pisoj-kolostor”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Bishoy-klosteret”
  • Persian: “صومعه سنت پیشوی”
  • Polish: “Klasztor Świętego Biszwiego”
  • Polish: “Klasztor Świętego Paisiusza”
  • Polish: “Klasztor Świętego Paisjusza”
  • Russian: “Монастырь Святого Паисия”
  • Serbian: “Манастир светога Пајсија Великог”
  • Spanish: “Monasterio de San Bishoi”
  • Urdu: “خانقاہ القدیس بیشوی”

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