List of Coptic Orthodox monasteries
The following list contains, sorted by country, all Coptic monasteries in Egypt and the Coptic Diaspora .
Diocese of Alexandria (Egypt)
- Monastery of Saint Menas Damiana - ( Damietta )
- St. Georg Monastery - (With Damsis, Damietta )
- Saint Menas Monastery - (Mariout, Alexandria )
- Saint Mercury Monastery (Coptic Orthodox Nunnery) - (Alexandria)
- Ennaton Monastery - (Dakahlia) - (uninhabited)
- Metanoia Monastery - (Alexandria) - (uninhabited)
- Oktikaidekaton Monastery - (Alexandria) - (uninhabited)
- Pempton Monastery - (Mariout, Alexandria) - (uninhabited)
- Monastery of Saint Cyprius (Dair Qabriyus) - (Alexandria) - (uninhabited)
- 10 Coptic Orthodox Monasteries - (In and outside the city of Alexandria ) - (Destroyed in the 7th century)
- Saint Menas Monastery - ( Abu Mena ) - (destroyed)
Diocese of Wadi El Natrun (Egypt)
- Saint Makarios Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
- Monastery of Saint Pishoy - (Wadi El Natrun)
- Monastery of the Virgin Mary (El-Sourian) - (Wadi El Natrun)
- St. George Monastery - (Khatatba, Monufia )
- St. Thomas Monastery - (Khatatba, Monufia)
- Saint Armenian Monastery - (uninhabited)
- John the Dwarf Monastery - (uninhabited)
- Monastery of Saint Moses the Ethiopians - (uninhabited)
Diocese of Cairo (Egypt)
- Monastery of the Prophet Jeremiah - (Qimn al-Arus)
- Monastery of Saint Paul of Thebes - (Qimn al-Arus)
- St. George Monastery (Coptic Orthodox Nunnery) - ( Cairo )
- Saint Mercury Monastery (Abu-Sefein) - (Cairo)
- Saint Mercury Monastery - (Tammua)
- Saint Menas Monastery - (Fumm al-Khalig)
- St. Maria Monastery - (Old Cairo)
- Monastery of Saint Samaan the Dyer - (Zabbaleen, Mokattam)
- Monastery of Saint Theodore of the Orient - (Haret Elroum)
- Monastery of the Blessed Virgin Mary - (Haret Zuweila)
- St. Georg Monastery - (Haret Zuweila)
- Saint Barsoum El-Erian Monastery - (Monshat Naser, Helwan )
- Monastery of the Prophet Jeremiah - (Saqqara) - (uninhabited)
- Saint Arsenius Monastery - (Wadi al-Tih) - (uninhabited)
Diocese of Fayyum (Egypt)
- Archangel Gabriel Monastery - (Naqlun, Fayyum)
- Monastery of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Deir al-Hammam) - (Luhan, Fayyum )
- Saint Abraam Monastery - (Elezab, Fayyum)
- Saint Macarius Monastery of Alexandria - (Wadi Elrayan, Fayyum)
- St. George Monastery - (Fayyum)
Diocese of Beni Suef (Egypt)
- Saint Samuel Monastery - (Qalamun Mountains)
Eastern Desert Diocese (Egypt)
- St. Antonius Monastery - (Eastern Desert)
- Monastery of Saint Paul the Hermit - (Eastern Desert)
- St. Catherine Monastery - ( Catherine of Alexandria )
Diocese of Minya and al-Ashmunein (Egypt)
- Al-Sanquriya Monastery - ( Oxyrhynchus )
- Holy Virgin Mary Monastery - ( Al-Minya )
- Saint Fana Monastery - (Qasr Hur)
- Saint Pishoy Monastery - (Deir el-Bersha, Mallawi )
- Saint John Monastery (Abu Hinnis) - (Ansena) - (uninhabited)
- Monastery of the Blessed Virgin Mary - (Al-Minya) - (uninhabited)
Asyut Diocese (Egypt)
- Monastery of the Blessed Virgin Mary - (Deir el Ganadla, Asyut )
- Monastery of the Blessed Virgin Mary - (Durunka)
- Holy Virgin Mary Monastery - (El-Qusiya)
- The Hanging Monastery - (Deir El-Mualaq)
- St. Apollo Monastery in Bawit - (Asyut) - (uninhabited)
Sohag Diocese (Egypt)
- Archangel Michael Monastery - ( Achmim )
- Monastery of the Blessed Virgin Mary - (Hawawish, Achmim)
- Monastery Monastery of Saint George (Dair al-Hadid) - (Achmim)
- Monastery of the Martyrs - (Achmim)
- St. Pachomius Monastery - (Achmim)
- Saint Pisada Monastery - (Achmim)
- Monastery of Saint Thomas the Hermit - (Achmim)
- Saint Karas Monastery - ( Sohag )
- St. Michael Monastery - (as-Salamuni)
- Saint Pishay Monastery - (Sohag)
- Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite Monastery - (Sohag)
- Abouna Yassa Monastery - (Tima)
- Seven Mountains Monastery - (Bir al-'Ain)
- Monastery Naga ed-Deir (old monastery, archaeological site north of Girga )
Diocese of Qena (Egypt)
- Holy Cross Monastery - (Hagir Danfīq, Qena )
- Saint Badaba Monastery - (Nag Hammadi, Qena)
- Archangel Michael Monastery - (Naqada, Qena)
- St. George Monastery - (Naqada, Qena)
- Archangel Michael Monastery - (Qamula, Qena)
- St. Andrew's Monastery - (Qamula, Qena)
- St. Pisentius Monastery - (Qamula, Qena)
- St. Victor Monastery - (Qamula, Qena) - (uninhabited)
Diocese of Luxor (Egypt)
- St. George Monastery - (Mahrosa, Luxor )
- St. George Monastery - (Riziqat, Luxor)
- Monastery of the Martyrs - (Esna, Luxor)
- Monastery of Saint Matthew the Potter - ( Esna , Luxor)
- Saint Pachomius Monastery - (El-Shayeb, Luxor)
- Saint Pishoy Monastery - (Armant, Luxor)
- Monastery of Saint Theodore the Warrior - (Luxor)
- Saint Wannas Monastery - (Luxor)
Diocese of Aswan (Egypt)
- Saint Pachomius Monastery - ( Edfu )
- Saint Simeon (Saint Hadra) Monastery - (Qubbet el-Hawa)
New Valley (district), oases in the western desert (Egypt)
- Archangel Michael Monastery - ( Dakhla Oasis ) - (destroyed)
- Saint Matthew Monastery - ( Dakhla Oasis ) - (destroyed)
Monasteries outside Egypt
Australia
- Saint Anthony Monastery - (Heathcote, Victoria)
- Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite Monastery - (Putty, New South Wales)
- Monastery of Saints Mary and Saint Anthony - (Kooralbyn, Queensland)
Germany
- St. Antonius Monastery - (Kröffelbach, Hesse)
- Monastery of Sankt Maria and Sankt Mauritius - (Höxter, North Rhine-Westphalia)
Israel
- Monastery of Saint Mary - (Bethlehem)
- Saint Anthony Monastery - (Jerusalem)
- Al-Sultan Monastery - (Jerusalem)
- Monastery Sankt.St. Anthony - (Jericho)
- Saint Bishoy Monastery - (Jericho)
- Saint Zacchaeus Monastery - (Jericho)
Italy
- Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite Monastery - (Milan)
Ireland
- Saint George Monastery - ( Dublin )
Canada
- Saint Anthony Monastery - (Perth, Ontario)
Austria
Syria
- Saint Avraam Monastery - (Maaret, Saidnaya )
United States of America
- Saint Anthony Monastery - ( Newberry Springs , California )
- Saint Mary and Saint Moses Monastery - (Sandia, Texas)
- Saint Mary Monastery - (San Antonio, Texas)
- Convent of Saint Mary and Saint John the Beloved - (Warren, Ohio)
- Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite Monastery - (West Henrietta, New York)
- Saint John the Beloved Monastery - (Canadensis, Pennsylvania)
United Kingdom
- Saint Athanasius Monastery - (England)
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St. Damiana Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Damietta)
Remains of St. Menas Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Abu Mina)
St. Menas Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Mariout)
Paromeos Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
St. Macarius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
St. Pishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
El-Sourian Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi El Natrun)
St. Simon the Tanner Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Mokattam)
St. Macarius of Alexandria Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Wadi Elrayan)
St. Samuel the Confessor Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qalamun Mountains)
St. Paul Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Eastern Desert)
St. Catherine Greek Orthodox Monastery - (Saint Catherine)
Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Minya)
St. Fana Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Minya)
St. Pishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Deir el-Bersha)
Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (El-Qusiya)
St. George (Dair al-Hadid) Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Akhmim)
St. Pisada Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Akhmim)
St. Shenouda Shrine - (Sohag)
St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Sohag)
St. Pishay Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Sohag)
Holy Cross Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qena)
St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qena)
St. Pisentius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Qena)
St. Simeon Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Aswan)
