Monastery of St. Anthony & St. Moses the Black
A Coptic Orthodox monastery in Al Haj Yousif, Khartoum, dedicated to St. Anthony and St. Moses the Black.
- Location
- Al Haj Yousif, Khartoum, Sudan
- Jurisdiction
- Coptic Orthodox Church
- Founded
- First liturgy 1984 · recognized 1997
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-27
History
The official Church account traces the project to land granted for a Coptic cemetery in the late 1970s. The first liturgy was celebrated in 1984, and the monastery received official recognition in 1997.
The story of this place
From cemetery land to monastery
Fr. Abadeer proposed a monastery on land granted to the Coptic community at the end of the 1970s; the concept took shape in 1982.
A name joined by the first liturgy
The first liturgy in 1984 coincided with the commemoration of St. Moses the Black, joining his name with St. Anthony in the monastery's dedication.
Map-pin precision
Locality center · not the exact propertyCoordinate source: Wikidata Q1963 (Khartoum locality center, CC0) · checked 2026-08-27
Claims and sources
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A Coptic Orthodox monastery in Al Haj Yousif, Khartoum, dedicated to St. Anthony and St. Moses the Black.
Official Coptic Orthodox Church monastery profile ↗