Christian Abbey and Monasteries/ SAINT MARK'S COPTIC ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL (Alexandria) Egypt

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Christian Abbey and Monasteries
SAINT MARK'S COPTIC ORTHODOX CATHEDRAL (Alexandria) Egypt
State Religion Islam, Egypt

Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral is a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt. It is the historical seat of the Pope of Alexandria the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Believed to stand on the site of a church founded in (a.d) 42 by Mark the Evangelist in (a.d) 311 a chapel was recorded here containing bodies said to be of Mark and his successors. Enlarged in the days of Pope Achillas the church was ruined in 641 when the Arabs invaded Egypt but was rebuilt in 680 by Pope John III of Alexandria. In 828, most of the body of Saint Mark was stolen and removed to Venice with only the head remaining in Alexandria.

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