Saint Mark's Cathedral
SAINT MARK'S CATHEDRAL
seat of the coptic patriarchate.
Built in the 1970s, Saint Mark's Cathedral provided a new seat of the Coptic patriarchate and a cultural and religious focal point for Egypt's Copts, one of the largest and most important Christian minorities in the Middle East. On 2 June 1968, the relics of Saint Mark were returned to the Coptic church by Pope Paul VI with great fanfare. They are now interred beneath the main altar of Saint Mark's and lend the cathedral an enhanced importance and venerability. Located in the once-fashionable Abbassiya district of greater Cairo, the cathedral offers Coptic rite services in Arabic, English, and French.
see also copts.
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