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.
- Church
- …lies at an elevation of 98 metres (322 feet)
- Description: Monastery of St. Pshoi near Sohag, Egypt
- Also known as“al-Dayr al-Ahmar”“Monastery of al-Anba Bishoi”“Monastery of St. Pishoi”“Monastery of St. Pshoi”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include White Monastery.
White Monastery
The Coptic White Monastery, also The Monastery of Abba… White Monastery is situated 3½ km southeast of Red Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sohag.
Red Monastery
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Latitude
26.55475° or 26° 33′ 17″ north
Longitude
31.61992° or 31° 37′ 12″ east
Open location code
7GRHHJ39+VX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
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Wikidata ID
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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”
- 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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Highlights include دير الأنبا بيجول والأنبا بيشاي (الدير الأحمر) and Sidi Said.
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