# List of Coptic monasteries

The following is a list of Coptic monasteries in Egypt and around the world.

## 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

* Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor

### 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 (Deir 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)

#### St. Shenouda The Archimandrite 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
### Palestine

* 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)

### Syria

* St. George Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Homs)

### Jordan

* St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Madaba)

## Coptic Orthodox monasteries overseas

Coptic Orthodox monasteries Outside Egypt.

### Australia

* St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Heathcote, Victoria)
* St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Putty, New South Wales)
* St. Mary and St Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Kooralbyn, Queensland)
* Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Monastery for Nuns - (Woodend, Victoria)
* St Mary and St Demiana's Monastery, Queensland Australia for Nuns

### Canada

* St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Perth, Ontario)
* St. Mary, St. George & St. Philopateer Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Paisley, Ontario)
* St. George & St. Paul The Anchorite Monastery

### Germany

* St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Kröffelbach, Germany)
* St. Mary & St. Mauritius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Höxter, Germany)

### Italy

* St. Shenouda The Archimandrite Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Milan)

### France

* St. Mary and Archangel Michael Monastery

### Netherlands

* El Amir Tadros El Meshreky Monastery

### Austria

* St. Anthony’s Monastery
* St. Anna's Monastery

### United States of America

* St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Newberry Springs, California)
* St. Mary & St. Moses Abbey - (Sandia, Texas)
* St. Mary & St. Demiana Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Dawsonville, Georgia)
* St. Mary & St. John The Beloved Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Warren, Ohio)
* St. John The Beloved Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (Canadensis, Pennsylvania)
* St. Paul Brotherhood - (Murrieta, California)
* Coptic Monastery of St. Shenouda in Rochester - (New York)
* Holy Virgin Mary Spiritual Vineyard - (Charlton, Massachusetts)
* St. Mary & St. Phoebe Consecrated Sisters
* St. Katherine and St. Verena Coptic Orthodox Convent https://www.sksvcopticconvent.org/

### United Kingdom

* St. Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Monastery - (England)
* St. George Coptic Orthodox Convent - (Dublin, Ireland)

## Gallery

* 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)
* 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
* 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)