🛕 Africa Monasteries

37 monasteries · 9 countries

A profile for each of the 37 notable monasteries in Africa — location, country, and a plain-English introduction from Wikipedia. These 37 monasteries span 9 countries.

Abba Garima Monastery

Ethiopia

Abbaye de l'Ascension

Togo

Agbang Conventual Priory

Togo

Bawit

Egypt

Dayr al-Maymūn

Egypt

Debre Bizen

Eritrea

Debre Libanos

Ethiopia

Debre Sina (monastery)

Eritrea

Deir el-Muharraq

Egypt

Deir el-Roumi

Egypt

Ewu Monastery

Nigeria

Gunda Gunde Monastery

Ethiopia

Hanga Abbey

Tanzania

Istifanos Monastery

Ethiopia

Kellia

Egypt

Monastère Notre-Dame-des-Sources

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Monastery in Ghazali

Sudan

Monastery of Saint Anthony

Egypt

Monastery of Saint Epiphanius

Egypt

Monastery of Saint Fana

Egypt

Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great

Egypt

Monastery of Saint Mary Deipara

Egypt

Monastery of Saint Matthew the Potter

Egypt

Monastery of Saint Mina

Egypt

Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite

Egypt

Monastery of Saint Pishoy

Egypt

Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor

Egypt

Monastery of the Archangel Gabriel at Naqlun

Egypt

Monastery of the Martyrs

Egypt

Monastery of Toumliline

Morocco

Ndanda Abbey

Tanzania

Paromeos Monastery

Egypt

Red Monastery

Egypt

Saint Catherine's Monastery

Egypt

Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo

Egypt

Tsadkane Mariam Monastery

Ethiopia

White Monastery

Egypt

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