monastery
Red Monastery (Dayr Anba Bishoi, Sohag)
near Sohag, Egypt · Africa: Coptic Egypt
26.555, 31.620
Attested. The church and its paintings are attested. The founder story is tradition.
A sister house of the White Monastery, the Red Monastery has a church whose painted interior, mostly from the 6th century, was restored in a long conservation project. It is one of the best surviving examples of late-antique church painting anywhere. Tradition links it to Pshoi (Bishoi), a companion of Pjol.
Source stance: neutral. Architecture and art plus monastic tradition.
People and groups named here
- Pshoi (Bishoi), traditional founder
Sources
- Dayr Anba Bishoi (Suhaj) (Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia)
The Coptic Encyclopedia, CE:736b-740b (via Calisphere); The Coptic Encyclopedia (Macmillan 1991), Claremont Colleges Digital Library. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Red Monastery (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
None in this list.