White Monastery

White Monastery ( Deyr el- Abiad ) is the conventional name has become Schenoute monastery in the Egyptian governorate of Atripe Sauhadsch, although he in the strict sense only the surviving church building, not the entire plant, says.

As a library of the White Monastery is called the rake in possession of books of the institution, the most important source for the study of the Coptic Sahidic and literature of southern Egypt's liturgy. A total of approximately 10 000 sheets obtained today almost invariably shattered codes are currently scattered across half the world. To edit these manuscripts that are still intact to reconstruct, as well as the traditional texts and investigate is an important task of Coptic Studies.