Saint Mary Church (Haret Elroum)

Saint Mary Coptic Orthodox Church
Location	Haret Elroum, Cairo
Country	Egypt
Denomination	Coptic Orthodox Church
History
Dedication	Saint Mary
Dedicated	10th century
Architecture
Style	Coptic
Administration
Division	The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate
Clergy
Bishop(s)	HH Pope Tawadros II

Saint Mary Church (Haret Elroum) El-Adra-El Mughitha church is a Coptic Orthodox church in Haret Elroum (Romans ally) in Elghoureya Cairo near the St Theodore Nun's monastery.^[1]

From 1660 to 1800 the church was the Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria. In 1660 Pope Matthew IV transferred the seat from Church of the Virgin Mary (Haret Zuweila) to Saint Mary Church,^[2] where it remained until 1800 when Pope Mark VIII transferred the patriarchal seat to Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Azbakeya).

Importance

Saint Mary Church grew in importance as the centre of the Coptic Church. Several Coptic Popes are buried in the church.

History

Saint Mary Church (Haret Elroum) was rebuilt several times, and in 1794 Ibrahim El-Gohary renovated the church. It was damaged by fire during the reign of Pope Mark VIII (1797–1809) but was restored and rebuilt.

See also

• Coptic Orthodox Church
• Christian Egypt
• Coptic architecture
• List of Coptic Orthodox Churches in the United States
• Coptic Cairo
• Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria
• Saint Barbara Church in Coptic Cairo
• Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Cairo
• Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Alexandria)
• Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Azbakeya)
• Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Heliopolis)
• Saint Mary and Saint Abasikhiron Coptic Orthodox Church
• Church of Saint Menas (Cairo)
• 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 Virgin Mary (Haret Zuweila)

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