Chapter 5. Monks and Monasteries

List of recognised monasteries

Original Arabic Text

The monasteries recognised by the Church by the meeting on 22/05/2010 of the Holy Synod are:

  1. The Monastery of the Virgin Mary (Al-Baramous), Natrun Valley.
  2. The Monastery of St. Macarius (Abu Makar), Natrun Valley.
  3. The Monastery of St. Bishoy, Natrun Valley.
  4. The Monastery of the Virgin Mary (Syrian), Natrun Valley.
  5. The Monastery of Saint Paula, the Eastern Wilderness (Red Sea).
  6. The Monastery of St. Anthony, the Eastern Wilderness (Red Sea).
  7. The Monastery of the Virgin Mary (Al-Muharraq) in Mount Qasqam, Al-Qousiah.
  8. The Monastery of St. Samuel, the Confessor of Mount Qalamoun, in Maghaghah.
  9. The Monastery of St. Mina, Mariout.
  10. The Monastery of St. Pakhomius, Edfu (26/03/1980).
  11. The Monastery of St. George, Rzeigat (01/06/1985).
  12. The Monastery of the Virgin Mary, Akhmim Mountain (06/06/1987).
  13. The Monastery of St. Anthony, California (05/06/1993).
  14. The Monastery of St. George, El Khatatba (13/04/1995).
  15. The Monastery of St. Shenouda, the Archimandrite, Sohag Wilderness (14/06/1997).
  16. The Monastery of St. Anthony and St. Moses the Black, Khartoum (14/06/1997).
  17. The Monastery of St. Pakhomius, known as the Chaib, Wilderness of Luxor (06/06/1998).
  18. The Monastery of St. Shenouda, Milan (06/06/1998).
  19. The Monastery of St. Anthony, the Holy Land (29/05/1999).
  20. The Monastery of Gabriel The Angel, Gabal el-Nakloun, Fayoum Desert (29/05/1999).
  21. The Monastery of St. Mina the Wonderworker, Abnoub (02/06/2001).
  22. Monastery of St. Abu Fana the ascetic, the Western Mountain in Mallawi (29/05/2004).
  23. The Monastery of the Virgin Mary and Saint Moses the Black, Koris, Christi, Texas, USA (10/06/2006).
  24. The Monastery of Pope Athanasius the Apostolic, Scarborough, North Yorkshire (10/06/2006).
  25. The Monastery of St. Thomas, Akhmeem (26/05/2007).
  26. The Monastery of St. Shenouda, Sydney, Australia (06/06/2009).
  27. The Monastery of St. Anthony, Melbourne, Australia (06/06/2009).
  28. The Monastery of St. Anthony, Krefelbach, Germany (22/05/2010).