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The Holy Cathedral serves the Greek community of Alexandria. In the opinion of author Donald M. Reid, the cathedral was built in "neo-Gothic rather than neo-Byzantine style" [1] The cathedral is located in the neighborhood of Tahrir Square, Alexandria. The cornerstone of the cathedral was laid by Patriarch Hierotheus II on 16 November 1847 ...
St. Catherine's Cathedral [1] (Arabic: كاتدرائية سانت كاترين) is a Catholic cathedral in Alexandria, Egypt. It is the seat of the Apostolic Vicariate of Alexandria of Egypt. [2] It also serves as the church of the Franciscan monastery in Alexandria.
Today, three churches claim to be direct heirs of the original Church of Alexandria: The Coptic Orthodox Church, an Oriental Orthodox church; The Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria, part of the wider Eastern Orthodox Church; The Coptic Catholic Church, one of 23 Eastern Catholic churches who are in full communion with the Catholic Church led ...
Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral in Cairo (Chaldean Catholic) Cathedral of the Resurrection in Cairo (Melkite Greek) Cathedral of the Annunciation in Cairo (Armenian Catholic) Mother of the Divine Love Cathedral in Asyut (Coptic Catholic) Saint George Cathedral in Giza (Coptic Catholic) St. Mark's Cathedral in Ismailia (Coptic Catholic) St. George ...
Cathedral of the Annunciation in Cairo, Egypt (Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Iskanderiya) Cathedral of the Dormition in Alexandria, Egypt (Greek-Melkite Catholic Territory Dependent on the Patriarch of Egypt and Sudan) Cathedral of the Mother of Divine Love in Assiut, Egypt (Coptic Catholic Eparchy of Assiut) Cathedral of the Resurrection in ...
A small portion of the Church of Alexandria followed Chalcedonian Christology, and this is called the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria, since it used Greek as its liturgical language. These Greek Chalcedonian believers were loyal to the Eastern Roman Emperor and in communion with the Patriarchs in Rome, Antioch, Constantinople, and Jerusalem.
The Catholic Church in Egypt is presently composed of an exempt Latin missionary jurisdiction and 14 Eastern Catholic (arch)eparchies (mainly the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate's province), but also yielded over 90 titular sees.
The city is also the nominal see of the Melkite Greek Catholic titular Patriarchate of Alexandria (generally vested in its leading Patriarch of Antioch) and the actual cathedral see of its Patriarchal territory of Egypt, Sudan and South Sudan, which uses the Byzantine Rite, and the nominal see of the Armenian Catholic Eparchy of Alexandria (for ...