Deir el-Anbā Bīshoi | ||
Deir el-Anbā Bīshoi · دير الأنبا بيشوي | ||
Governorate | Buḥeira | |
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height | −5 m | |
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Deir el-Anba Bischoi (also Monastery of St. Pishoi (pshoi), Arabic:دير الأنبا بيشوي, Dair al-Anbā Bīschōi, spoken: Dēr il-Amba Bishoi, orدير القديس العظيم الأنبا بيشوي, Dair al-Qiddīs al-ʿAẓīm al-Anbā Bīshoi, „Monastery of St. Bīschōi the great“) Is the third northernmost monastery in the Wādī en-Naṭrūn in the egyptianGovernorateel-Buheira.
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getting there
In the street
The journey can be from Cairo or Alexandria from the motorway connecting the two cities by taxi or by bus. About halfway (after 110 km), you can see the spot at the gas station, you leave the motorway in a westerly direction. You need a taxi to get between the motorway junction to the monasteries.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Deir el-Anbā Bīshoi (Monastery of St. Pischoi)
activities
Visitors can take part in the fairs.
shop
kitchen
accommodation
Accommodation options exist in Cairo or Alexandria.
trips
Visiting the Deir Anbā Bīschoi monastery can be combined with a visit to the monasteries Deir es-Suryān, Deir el-Barāmūs and Deir el-Anbā Maqqār connect.
literature
- Les peintures des couvents Ouadi Natroun. Le Caire: Institut français d’archéologie orientale, 1982, La peinture murale chez les coptes; 2 (in French). :