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Paromeos Monastery

Beheira Governorate, Egypt

Paromeos Monastery (ⲡⲁⲣⲟⲙⲉⲟⲥ), also known as Baramos Monastery, is a Coptic Orthodox monastery located in Wadi El Natrun in the Nitrian Desert, Beheira Governorate, Egypt. It is the most northern among the four current monasteries of Scetis, situated around 9 km northeast of the Monastery of Saint Pishoy. Ecclesiastically, the monastery is dedicated to and named after the Virgin Mary.

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