Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great
The Monastery of Saint Macarius The Great also known as Dayr Al-ʾanbā Maqār is a Coptic Orthodox monastery located in Wadi El Natrun, Beheira Governorate, about 92 km north-west of Cairo, and off the highway between Cairo and Alexandria.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: Monastery in Egypt
- Also known as: “Monastery of Saint Macarius of Alexandria”
Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great
- Categories: monastery, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Beheira, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.29208° or 30° 17′ 32″ northLongitude
30.47564° or 30° 28′ 32″ eastOpen location code
8G2G7FRG+R7OpenStreetMap ID
way 336004896OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchWikidata ID
Q3320218
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دير أبو مقار”
- Arabic: “دير الأنبا مقار”
- Arabic: “دير الأنبا مقاريوس”
- Arabic: “دير الأنبا مكاريوس”
- Arabic: “دير القديس أنبا مقار”
- Catalan: “Monestir de Sant Macari el Gran”
- Chinese: “圣马卡里乌斯修道院”
- Croatian: “Samostan sv. Makarija Velikog”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دير الانبا مقار”
- French: “Monastere Saint-Macaire de Scete”
- French: “monastère Saint-Macaire de Scété”
- French: “Monastère saint-macaire de scété”
- French: “Monastère Saint-Macaire de Scété”
- French: “Monastère Saint-Macaire De Scété”
- German: “Dair al-Anbā Maqqār”
- German: “Deir el-Anbā Maqqār”
- German: “Kloster des Heiligen Makarios”
- Italian: “Monastero di san Macario il Grande”
- Italian: “Monastero di San Macario il Grande”
- Persian: “صومعه سنت مکاریوس بزرگ”
- Polish: “Klasztor Świętego Makarego”
- Russian: “Монастырь Макария Великого”
- Spanish: “Monasterio de San Macario el Grande”
- Ukrainian: “Монастир Макарія Великого”
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