Tabenna

Tabenna (also Tabennae, Tabennisi; Coptic: ⲧⲁⲃⲉⲛⲛⲏⲥⲓ) is considered the first cenobitic monastery. It was a community founded during the 4th century by Saint Pachomius the Great in the modern hamlet of Al Dabbah[1] near Chenoboskion which is about 5 km east of Nag Hammadi in Upper Egypt.

References
  1. Jalal Ahmed Abu Bakr: Legacy of Pharaonic Egypt, Dar Al Maaref, Cairo 2014, ISBN 9770281476, p. 74


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