List of Coptic monasteries

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

Monastery of Saint Menas.

1. St. Damiana Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Damietta)
2. St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Mit Damsis, Damietta)
3. St. Menas Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Mariout, Alexandria)
4. St. Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Nunnery - (Alexandria)
5. Ennaton Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Dakahlia) - (uninhabited)
6. Metanoia Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (East Alexandria) - (uninhabited)
7. Oktikaidekaton Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Alexandria) - (uninhabited)
8. Pempton Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Mariout, Alexandria) - (uninhabited)
9. St. Cyprius (Dair Qabriyus) Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Northeast Alexandria) - (uninhabited)
10. (# 600) Coptic Orthodox Monasteries - (In and outside the city of Alexandria) - (Destroyed in the 7th century)
11. St. Menas Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Abu Mena) - (Destroyed)

Diocese of Wadi El Natrun

Monastery of Saint Pishoy.

1. Paromeos Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
2. St. Macarius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
3. St. Pishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
4. Virgin Mary (El-Sourian) Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
5. St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Khatatba, Monufia)
6. St. Thomas Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Khatatba, Monufia)
7. Armenian Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (uninhabited)
8. St. John the Dwarf Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (uninhabited)
9. St. Moses the Black Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (uninhabited)

Diocese of Cairo

Monastery of the Prophet Jeremiah.

1. St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qimn al-Arus)
2. St. Paul the Theban Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qimn al-Arus)
3. St. George Coptic Orthodox Nunnery - (Coptic Cairo)
4. St. Mercurius (Abu-Sefein) Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Coptic Cairo)
5. St. Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Tammua)
6. St. Menas Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Fumm al-Khalig)
7. St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Old Cairo)
8. St. Samaan the Tanner Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Zabbaleen, Mokattam)
9. St. Theodore the Oriental Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Haret Elroum)
10. Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Haret Zuweila)
11. St. George Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Haret Zuweila)
12. St. Barsoum El-Erian Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Monshat Naser, Helwan)
13. Prophet Jeremiah Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Saqqara) - (uninhabited)
14. St. Arsenius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi al-Tih) - (uninhabited)

Diocese of Fayyum

1. Archangel Gabriel Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Naqlun, Fayyum)
2. Holy Virgin Mary (Deir al-Hammam) Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Luhan, Fayyum)
3. St. Macarius of Alexandria Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi Elrayan, Fayyum)
4. St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Fayyum)

Diocese of Beni Suef

1. Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor

Diocese of Eastern Desert

Monastery of St. Anthony - (Eastern Desert).

1. St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Eastern Desert)
2. St. Paul the Anchorite Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Eastern Desert)
3. St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Monastery - (Saint Catherine)

Diocese of Minya and al-Ashmunein

1. al-Sanquriya Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Oxyrhynchus)
2. Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Minya)
3. St. Fana Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qasr Hur)
4. St. Pishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Deir el-Bersha, Mallawi)
5. St. John (Abu Hinnis) Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Ansena) - (uninhabited)
6. Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Minya) - (uninhabited)

Diocese of Asyut

Ancient Mural at Deir el Ganadla

The Hanging Monastery - (Deir El-Mualaq).

1. Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Deir el Ganadla, Asyut)
2. Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Durunka)
3. Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (El-Qusiya)
4. The Hanging Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Deir El-Mualaq)
5. St. Apollo at Bawit Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Asyut) - (uninhabited)
6. St. Mina Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Abnub, Asyut)

Diocese of Sohag

Monastery of St. Shenouda (Left) & Monastery of St. Karas (Right).

1. Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Akhmim)
2. Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Hawawish, Akhmim)
3. St. George (Dair al-Hadid) Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Akhmim)
4. Coptic Orthodox Monastery of the Martyrs - (Akhmim)
5. St. Pachomius the Martyr Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Akhmim)
6. St. Pisada Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Akhmim)
7. St. Thomas the Hermit Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Akhmim)
8. St. Karas Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Sohag)
9. St. Michael Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (as-Salamuni)
10. St. Pishay Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Sohag)

St. Shenouda The Archimandrite Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Sohag)

1. Abouna Yassa Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Tima)
2. The Seven Mountains Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Bir al-'Ain)
3. Naga ed-Deir (ancient monastery excavation site near just north of Girga)

Diocese of Qena

Monastery of the Archangel Michael - (Qamula, Qena).

1. Holy Cross Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Hagir Danfīq, Qena)
2. St. Badaba Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Nag Hammadi, Qena)
3. Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Naqada, Qena)
4. St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Naqada, Qena)
5. Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qamula, Qena)
6. St. Andrews Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qamula, Qena)
7. St. Pisentius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qamula, Qena)
8. St. Victor Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qamula, Qena) - (uninhabited)

Diocese of Luxor

Monastery of St. Theodore the Warrior - (Luxor).

1. St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Mahrosa, Luxor)
2. St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Riziqat, Luxor)
3. Coptic Orthodox Monastery of the Martyrs - (Esna, Luxor)
4. St. Matthew the Potter Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Esna, Luxor)
5. St. Pachomius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (El-Shayeb, Luxor)
6. St. Pishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Armant, Luxor)
7. St. Theodore the Warrior Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Luxor)
8. St. Wannas Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Luxor)

Diocese of Aswan

1. St. Pachomius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Edfu)
2. St. Simeon (St. Hadra) Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qubbet el-Hawa)

New Valley Governorate

1. Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Dakhla Oasis) - (Destroyed)
2. St. Matthew Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Dakhla Oasis) - (Destroyed)

Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem

Palestine

1. St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Jerusalem)
2. St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Bethlehem)
3. Al-Sultan Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Jerusalem)
4. St George Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Jerusalem)
5. St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Jericho)
6. St. Bishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Jericho)
7. St. Zacchaeus Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Jericho)

Syria

1. St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Homs)

Jordan

1. St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Madaba)

Coptic Orthodox monasteries overseas

Coptic Orthodox monasteries Outside Egypt.^[3]

Australia

1. St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery^[4] - (Heathcote, Victoria)
2. St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Orthodox Monastery^[5] - (Putty, New South Wales)
3. St. Mary and St Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery^[6] - (Kooralbyn, Queensland)
4. Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Monastery for Nuns^[7] - (Woodend, Victoria)
5. St Mary and St Demiana's Monastery, Queensland Australia for Nuns^[8]

Canada

1. St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery^[9] - (Perth, Ontario)
2. St. Mary, St. George & St. Philopateer Coptic Orthodox Convent^[10] - (Paisley, Ontario)
3. St. George & St. Paul The Anchorite Monastery^[11]

Germany

1. St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery^[12] - (Kröffelbach, Germany)
2. St. Mary & St. Mauritius Coptic Orthodox Monastery^[13] - (Höxter, Germany)

Italy

1. St. Shenouda The Archimandrite Coptic Orthodox Monastery^[14] - (Milan)

France

1. St. Mary and Archangel Michael Monastery

Netherlands

1. El Amir Tadros El Meshreky Monastery^[15]

Austria

1. St. Anthony’s Monastery^[16]

United States of America

1. St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery^[17] - (Newberry Springs, California)
2. St. Mary & St. Moses Abbey - (Sandia, Texas)^[18]
3. St. Mary & St. Demiana Coptic Orthodox Convent^[19] - (Dawsonville, Georgia)
4. St. Mary & St. John The Beloved Coptic Orthodox Convent^[20] - (Warren, Ohio)
5. St. John The Beloved Coptic Orthodox Monastery^[21] - (Canadensis, Pennsylvania)
6. St. Paul Brotherhood^[22] - (Murrieta, California)
7. Coptic Monastery of St. Shenouda in Rochester^[23] - (New York)
8. Holy Virgin Mary Spiritual Vineyard^[24] - (Charlton, Massachusetts)
9. St. Mary & St. Phoebe Consecrated Sisters^[25]
10. St. Katherine and St. Verena Coptic Orthodox Convent https://www.sksvcopticconvent.org/

United Kingdom

1. St. Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Monastery^[26] - (England)
2. 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

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External links

• Partial List of Egyptian Coptic Monasteries in Egypt and USA
• The official list of Monasteries and Churches of the Patriarchate of Jerusalem