Saint Marks Coptic Orthodox Cathedral / Koptische Sankt-Markus-Kathedrale Alexandria
Sight in Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, 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 AD 42 by Mark the Evangelist, in AD 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... (read more on Wikipedia)
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