Coptic heritage · Beheira
Paromeos Monastery
A Coptic Orthodox monastery in Wadi El Natrun, the most northerly of the four surviving monasteries of Scetis, dedicated to the Virgin Mary.
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The story
Paromeos Monastery stands in Wadi El Natrun in the Nitrian Desert, in Beheira Governorate. It is the most northerly of the four current monasteries of Scetis, about 9 km northeast of the Monastery of Saint Pishoy. It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and is also called the Monastery of the Virgin Mary in Wadi El Natrun. According to one tradition, its name is linked to the princely brothers Maximus and Domadius, who took monastic vows there; the name means "of the Romans", and an alternative Arabic form is Baramous.
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- It is the most northerly of the four current monasteries of Scetis.
- It is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and lies about 9 km northeast of the Monastery of Saint Pishoy.