Red Monastery
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.Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: Monastery of St. Pshoi near Sohag, Egypt
- Also known as: “al-Dayr al-Ahmar”, “Monastery of al-Anba Bishoi”, “Monastery of St. Pishoi”, and “Monastery of St. Pshoi”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include White Monastery.
White Monastery
Church
Photo: Einsamer Schütze, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. White Monastery is situated 3½ km southeast of Red Monastery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sohag.
Sohag
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Red Monastery
- Categories: monastery, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sohag Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
26.55475° or 26° 33′ 17″ northLongitude
31.61992° or 31° 37′ 12″ eastOpen location code
7GRHHJ39+VXOpenStreetMap ID
way 515100191OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7304611
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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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