Simon the Tanner was a craftsman who lived during the 10 th century, and the cave church that was dedicated ... more on the Monastery of St. Simon in Cairo. Photo: GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty ...

US evangelical leaders and thousands of Copts honor an Orthodox priest whose mountain complex chiseled the glory of God into Egypt’s “Garbage City.” Over 40,000 people gathered at Cairo’s ...

A marginalized minority of Coptic Christians in a Muslim-majority country, the Zabbaleen were forcibly relocated to the outskirts of Cairo by the ... Seven churches and chapels are hidden within ...

Photo taken on Aug. 12, 2021 shows the Cave Church on Mokattam Mountain in Cairo, Egypt. Built into the cave on Mokattam Mountain in 1970s, the church can accommodate up to 20,000 people.Photo ...

CAIRO — Whistling a tune, Mario nimbly clambered up the ... He had spent more than two decades carving the rugged insides of the seven cave churches and chapels of the monastery with designs inspired ...

He had spent more than two decades carving the rugged insides of the seven cave churches and chapels of the monastery with ... s parish priest who met Mario in the early 1990s in Cairo. The Polish ...

The church encloses a sacred cave, which is thought to be among the ... the family resided for three months. The family's last Cairo stop was in today's leafy suburban district of Maadi.

A boy is pictured at a mass held to celebrate Palm Sunday at the Cave Church in Cairo, Egypt, April 13, 2025. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa) Christians attend a mass held to celebrate Palm Sunday at the ...