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ST. BISHOY MONASTERY

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Explore the popes, monastery abbots, and departed fathers connected with St. Bishoy Monastery and its spiritual heritage.

Popes Bishops & Metropolitans Heads of Monasteries The Departed

A Living Memory

The Departed

15 Figures Found

1

His Holiness Pope Shenouda III

Pope

2

His Eminence the late Metropolitan Anba Sarapamon

Abbot

3

The late Anba Basilios

Abbot

4

The late Pope Macarius III

Pope

5

His Holiness Pope Gabriel VIII

Pope

6

The late His Grace Bishop Shenouda, Bishop of Fustat (Cairo) (1087– 1117).

Bishop

7

The late His Eminence Anba Demetrius, Metropolitan of Menoufia (1931–1950).

Metropolitan

8

The late Bishop Pimen

Bishop

9

The late Bishop Makari

Bishop

10

The late Bishop Karas

Bishop

11

His Grace Bishop Bemwa

Bishop

12

His Eminence Metropolitan Markos

Metropolitan

13

His Grace Bishop Ignatius

Bishop

14

His Eminence Metropolitan Abraham

Metropolitan

15

His Grace Bishop Fam

Bishop