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The following is a list of Coptic monasteries in Egypt and around the world.[1][2]
Coptic Orthodox Monasteries in Egypt
See of Saint Mark Alexandria
- St. Damiana Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Damietta)
- St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Mit Damsis, Damietta)
- St. Menas Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Mariout, Alexandria)
- St. Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Nunnery - (Alexandria)
- Ennaton Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Dakahlia) - (uninhabited)
- Metanoia Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (East Alexandria) - (uninhabited)
- Oktikaidekaton Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Alexandria) - (uninhabited)
- Pempton Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Mariout, Alexandria) - (uninhabited)
- St. Cyprius (Dair Qabriyus) Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Northeast Alexandria) - (uninhabited)
- (# 600) Coptic Orthodox Monasteries - (In and outside the city of Alexandria) - (Destroyed in the 7th century)
- St. Menas Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Abu Mena) - (Destroyed)
Diocese of Wadi El Natrun
- Paromeos Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
- St. Macarius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
- St. Pishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
- Virgin Mary (El-Sourian) Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
- St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Khatatba, Monufia)
- St. Thomas Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Khatatba, Monufia)
- Armenian Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (uninhabited)
- St. John the Dwarf Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (uninhabited)
- St. Moses the Black Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (uninhabited)
Diocese of Cairo
- St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qimn al-Arus)
- St. Paul the Theban Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qimn al-Arus)
- St. George Coptic Orthodox Nunnery - (Coptic Cairo)
- St. Mercurius (Abu-Sefein) Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Coptic Cairo)
- St. Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Tammua)
- St. Menas Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Fumm al-Khalig)
- St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Old Cairo)
- St. Samaan the Tanner Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Zabbaleen, Mokattam)
- St. Theodore the Oriental Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Haret Elroum)
- Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Haret Zuweila)
- St. George Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Haret Zuweila)
- St. Barsoum El-Erian Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Monshat Naser, Helwan)
- Prophet Jeremiah Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Saqqara) - (uninhabited)
- St. Arsenius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi al-Tih) - (uninhabited)
Diocese of Fayyum
- Archangel Gabriel Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Naqlun, Fayyum)
- Holy Virgin Mary (Deir al-Hammam) Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Luhan, Fayyum)
- St. Macarius of Alexandria Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi Elrayan, Fayyum)
- St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Fayyum)
Diocese of Beni Suef
Diocese of Eastern Desert
- St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Eastern Desert)
- St. Paul the Anchorite Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Eastern Desert)
- St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Monastery - (Saint Catherine)
Diocese of Minya and al-Ashmunein
- al-Sanquriya Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Oxyrhynchus)
- Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Minya)
- St. Fana Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qasr Hur)
- St. Pishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Deir el-Bersha, Mallawi)
- St. John (Abu Hinnis) Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Ansena) - (uninhabited)
- Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Minya) - (uninhabited)
Diocese of Asyut
- Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Deir el Ganadla, Asyut)
- Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Durunka)
- Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (El-Qusiya)
- The Hanging Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Deir El-Mualaq)
- St. Apollo at Bawit Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Asyut) - (uninhabited)
- St. Mina Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Abnub, Asyut)
Diocese of Sohag
- Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Akhmim)
- Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Hawawish, Akhmim)
- St. George (Dair al-Hadid) Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Akhmim)
- Coptic Orthodox Monastery of the Martyrs - (Akhmim)
- St. Pachomius the Martyr Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Akhmim)
- St. Pisada Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Akhmim)
- St. Thomas the Hermit Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Akhmim)
- St. Karas Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Sohag)
- St. Michael Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (as-Salamuni)
- St. Pishay Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Sohag)
- Abouna Yassa Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Tima)
- The Seven Mountains Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Bir al-'Ain)
- Naga ed-Deir (ancient monastery excavation site near just north of Girga)
Diocese of Qena
- Holy Cross Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Hagir Danfīq, Qena)
- St. Badaba Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Nag Hammadi, Qena)
- Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Naqada, Qena)
- St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Naqada, Qena)
- Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qamula, Qena)
- St. Andrews Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qamula, Qena)
- St. Pisentius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qamula, Qena)
- St. Victor Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qamula, Qena) - (uninhabited)
Diocese of Luxor
- St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Mahrosa, Luxor)
- St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Riziqat, Luxor)
- Coptic Orthodox Monastery of the Martyrs - (Esna, Luxor)
- St. Matthew the Potter Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Esna, Luxor)
- St. Pachomius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (El-Shayeb, Luxor)
- St. Pishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Armant, Luxor)
- St. Theodore the Warrior Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Luxor)
- St. Wannas Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Luxor)
Diocese of Aswan
- St. Pachomius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Edfu)
- St. Simeon (St. Hadra) Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qubbet el-Hawa)
New Valley Governorate
- Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Dakhla Oasis) - (Destroyed)
- St. Matthew Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Dakhla Oasis) - (Destroyed)
Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem
- St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Jerusalem)
- St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Bethlehem)
- Al-Sultan Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Jerusalem)
- St George Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Jerusalem)
- St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Jericho)
- St. Bishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Jericho)
- St. Zacchaeus Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Jericho)
- St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Homs)
- St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Madaba)
Coptic Orthodox monasteries overseas
Coptic Orthodox monasteries Outside Egypt.[3]
- St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery[4] - (Heathcote, Victoria)
- St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Orthodox Monastery[5] - (Putty, New South Wales)
- St. Mary and St Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery[6] - (Kooralbyn, Queensland)
- Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Monastery for Nuns[7] - (Woodend, Victoria)
- St Mary and St Demiana's Monastery, Queensland Australia for Nuns[8]
- St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery[9] - (Perth, Ontario)
- St. Mary, St. George & St. Philopateer Coptic Orthodox Convent[10] - (Paisley, Ontario)
- St. George & St. Paul The Anchorite Monastery[11]
- St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery[12] - (Kröffelbach, Germany)
- St. Mary & St. Mauritius Coptic Orthodox Monastery[13] - (Höxter, Germany)
- St. Mary and Archangel Michael Monastery
- El Amir Tadros El Meshreky Monastery[15]
- St. Anthony’s Monastery[16]
- St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery[17] - (Newberry Springs, California)
- St. Mary & St. Moses Abbey - (Sandia, Texas)[18]
- St. Mary & St. Demiana Coptic Orthodox Convent[19] - (Dawsonville, Georgia)
- St. Mary & St. John The Beloved Coptic Orthodox Convent[20] - (Warren, Ohio)
- St. John The Beloved Coptic Orthodox Monastery[21] - (Canadensis, Pennsylvania)
- St. Paul Brotherhood[22] - (Murrieta, California)
- Coptic Monastery of St. Shenouda in Rochester[23] - (New York)
- Holy Virgin Mary Spiritual Vineyard[24] - (Charlton, Massachusetts)
- St. Mary & St. Phoebe Consecrated Sisters[25]
- St. Katherine and St. Verena Coptic Orthodox Convent https://www.sksvcopticconvent.org/
- St. Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Monastery[26] - (England)
- St. George Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Dublin, Ireland)
Gallery
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St. Damiana Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Damietta)
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Remains of St. Menas Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Abu Mina)
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St. Menas Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Mariout)
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Paromeos Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
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St. Macarius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
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St. Pishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
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St. Pishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
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El-Sourian Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
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St. Simon the Tanner Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Mokattam)
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St. Macarius of Alexandria Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi Elrayan)
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St. Samuel the Confessor Coptic Orthodox Monastery
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St. Paul Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Eastern Desert)
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St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Monastery - (Saint Catherine)
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Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Minya)
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St. Fana Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Minya)
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St. Pishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Deir el-Bersha)
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Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (El-Qusiya)
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St. George (Dair al-Hadid) Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Akhmim)
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St. Pisada Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Akhmim)
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St. Shenouda Shrine - (Sohag)
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St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Sohag)
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St. Pishay Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Sohag)
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Holy Cross Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qena)
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St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qena)
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St. Pisentius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qena)
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St. Simeon Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Aswan)
See also
- List of Coptic Orthodox Churches in the United States
- Coptic monasticism
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
References
- ^ Hanna, Alfred. "Union Between Christians". www.unionbetweenchristians.com.
- ^ "Coptic Orthodox Monasteries outside Egypt 2021". Retrieved 2021-11-09.
- ^ Hanna, Alfred. "Union Between Christians".
- ^ "St. Anthony's Monastery, Heathcote, Australia - Coptic Orthodox Church". Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "St Shenouda Christian Coptic Orthodox Monastery Putty Australia". St Shenouda Monastery. 2017-10-10. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ Light, Flash of. "St Mary and St Anthony's Coptic Orthodox Monastery - Queensland, Australia". St Mary and St Anthony's Coptic Orthodox Monastery. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "ARCHANGEL MICHAEL – MONASTERY". Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "The Monastery – St Mary and St Demiana's Coptic Orthodox Monastery". 2019-06-29. Archived from the original on 2019-06-29. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "Abba Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery". Abba Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "Coptic Orthodox Convent of St Mary St George & St Philopateer". cmgp. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "St. George & St. Paul The Anchorite Monastery | Red Deer". sgspmonastery. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "St. Antonius Koptisch- Orthodoxes Kloster Kröffelbach" (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "Kloster". koptisches-kloster-hoexter-brenkhausen (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "Monastero Anba Shenuda – Prenotazione Divina Liturgia" (in Italian). Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "Koptisch Orthodox Klooster". www.koptischekerk.nl. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "St. Anthony's Monastery, Austria - Coptic Orthodox Church". Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ USA, Saint Antony Monastery. "Welcome to Saint Antony Monastery USA". Saint Antony Monastery USA. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "Homepage". St. Mary & St. Moses Abbey.
- ^ "St. Mary & St. Demiana Convent". Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "St. Mary & St. John Coptic Orthodox Monastery, Ohio USA". St. Mary and St. John The Beloved Coptic Orthodox Monastery for Nuns. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "ST. JOHN THE BELOVED COPTIC ORTHODOX MONASTERY". ST. JOHN THE BELOVED COPTIC ORTHODOX MONASTERY. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "Saint Paul Abbey". Saint Paul Abbey. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ . 2017-06-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20170626232634/http://www.stshenoudamonastery.org/. Archived from the original on 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
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- ^ admin. "Home". St. Mary and St. Phoebe Consecrated Sisters. Retrieved 2021-10-19.
- ^ "St Athanasius Monastery". Retrieved 2021-10-19.