Dayr al-Anbā Bishāy (Sūhāj, Egypt)
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- The Red Monastery church, 2016:page xi (early Byzantine Red Monastery church at Sohag, Egypt)
- Guide to ancient Coptic churches & monasteries in Upper Egypt, 1990:page 80 (Monastery of St. Bishay)
- The Coptic encyclopedia, 1991(Dayr Anbā Bishoi (Suhāj); nothing [of the monastery] remains but the church, which is built of red bricks and thus gives the monastery the popular nickname Dayr al-Aḥmar (the Red Monastery); Anbā Bishoi; Monastery of Anbā Bishoi)
- page on the Monastery of Saint Bishay (دير الانبا بشاي = Dayr al-Anbā Bishāy; دير الاحمر = Dayr al-Aḥmar ( (Website of the governorate of Sūhāj, viewed November 17, 2016:) )
- الدير الأحمر أو دير الأنبا بيشاي والأنبا بيجول، يقع غرب سوهاج ( (ويكيبيديا، شوهد 20 يوليو 2017) )
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The Red Monastery (Arabic: الدير الاحمر) or The Monastery of Apa Pshay (Coptic: ⲡⲙⲟⲛⲁⲥⲧⲏⲣⲓⲟⲛ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲡⲯⲟⲓ) is a Coptic Orthodox monastery named after an Egyptian saint named Pshay (Coptic: ⲯⲟⲓ) or Pishay (Coptic: ⲡⲓϣⲱⲓ), not to be confused with Pishoy, Bishop of Sketis (now the Wadi al-Natrun). It is located near the Upper Egyptian city of Souhag, and about two and a half miles (4.0 km) north-west of the White Monastery. The monastery's name is derived from the colour of the construction material of its outside walls, consisting of red (burnt) brick. These walls are considerably thicker at the base than at the top, and, just like the walls of Egyptian temples, they are surmounted by cavetto moldings. The Red Monastery is architecturally similar to the White Monastery.
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