The Syrian Monastery, (also known e.g. as Suryan Monastery, Deir el-Surian, Deir el-Syriani, or the monastery / church of Maria Deipara) is a Coptic Orthodox monastery located in Wadi El Natrun (the Nitrian Desert), Beheira Governorate, Egypt. It is located about 500 meters northwest of the Monastery of Saint Pishoy. Ecclesiastically, the monastery is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and carries her name; and in scholarly references from the nineteenth century, it is generally called the covenant/convent/monastery of St. Mary Deipara. However, it is nowadays better known as the Syrian Monastery because it was mainly used by Syriac monks.