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EspañolSAINT MARK'S COPTIC ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL, CAIRO
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'St. Mark's Coptic Cathedral' is located in the Abbassia District in Cairo, Egypt. It is the current seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope. It was built during the time when Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria was Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church in 1970.
Before the completion of the Cathedral, the Roman Catholic pontiff of the time, Pope Paul VI, returned part of St. Mark's relics, which were stolen from Egypt in the year 828, and taken to Venice, Italy. These relics were taken to the newly constructed Cathedral, where they were placed in a specially built shrine brightly decorated with Coptic icons. They still remain there today.
The inauguration of the new Cathedral of Saint Mark took place on June 25, 1968 [1]
The Coptic Cathedral was once the largest Cathedral in Africa[2] and the Middle East. This claim can still be valid as contrary to popular belief the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro in Yamoussoukro, the administrative capital of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), which is considered the largest church in the world is not a cathedral. The nearby Cathedral of Saint Augustine is the principal place of worship and seat of the bishop of the Diocese of Yamoussoukro.
It was opened in June 1968 in a ceremony attended by former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, among other foreign clergy members from other churches. It is the seat of the current Coptic Pope, His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and the See of St. Mark.
★ Coptic Orthodox Church
★ Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria
★ Coptic Orthodox churches — Coptic architecture
★ Coptic Cairo
★ Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Alexandria)
★ Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Azbakeya)
★ Saint Mary and Saint Abasikhiron Coptic Orthodox Church
★ Saint Mary Church (Haret Elroum)
★ St Mary and St Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church
★ Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo
★ Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church (Abu Serga)
★ The Hanging Church
★ Church of the Holy Virgin (Babylon El-Darag)
★ Church of the Virigin Mary (Haret Zuweila)
1. http://www.zeitun-eg.org/stcyril6.htm
2. http://www.egyptvoyager.com/features_christianmonuments_churches.htm
Coptic icon of Saint Mark the Evangelist, the apostolic founder of the Church of Alexandria
'St. Mark's Coptic Cathedral' is located in the Abbassia District in Cairo, Egypt. It is the current seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope. It was built during the time when Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria was Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church in 1970.
Before the completion of the Cathedral, the Roman Catholic pontiff of the time, Pope Paul VI, returned part of St. Mark's relics, which were stolen from Egypt in the year 828, and taken to Venice, Italy. These relics were taken to the newly constructed Cathedral, where they were placed in a specially built shrine brightly decorated with Coptic icons. They still remain there today.
The inauguration of the new Cathedral of Saint Mark took place on June 25, 1968 [1]
The Coptic Cathedral was once the largest Cathedral in Africa[2] and the Middle East. This claim can still be valid as contrary to popular belief the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro in Yamoussoukro, the administrative capital of Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), which is considered the largest church in the world is not a cathedral. The nearby Cathedral of Saint Augustine is the principal place of worship and seat of the bishop of the Diocese of Yamoussoukro.
It was opened in June 1968 in a ceremony attended by former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie, among other foreign clergy members from other churches. It is the seat of the current Coptic Pope, His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and the See of St. Mark.
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| See also |
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See also
★ Coptic Orthodox Church
★ Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria
★ Coptic Orthodox churches — Coptic architecture
★ Coptic Cairo
★ Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Alexandria)
★ Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Azbakeya)
★ Saint Mary and Saint Abasikhiron Coptic Orthodox Church
★ Saint Mary Church (Haret Elroum)
★ St Mary and St Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church
★ Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo
★ Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church (Abu Serga)
★ The Hanging Church
★ Church of the Holy Virgin (Babylon El-Darag)
★ Church of the Virigin Mary (Haret Zuweila)
Sources
1. http://www.zeitun-eg.org/stcyril6.htm
2. http://www.egyptvoyager.com/features_christianmonuments_churches.htm
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