The St. George Church in Cairo’s Old Cairo is a must-see.
According to some texts, the first Christian colony in central Egypt was established there in the 10th century, although other sources indicate it was established much earlier.
This is why the label Copt refers to Egyptian Christians developing their own Christian beliefs and traditions.
Location:
In the heart of Old Coptic Cairo, in the Old Cairo area, it takes around 30 minutes to get to Saint Georges Church from Cairo’s city center.
In a private Christian community that dates back to the 10th century, this church is placed among numerous others.
History:
Ibn Marwan, Egypt’s governor-general at the time, started the construction of the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint George.
Al-Maqrizi wrote about it in his History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church, and Athanasius built it during Ibn Marwan’s reign. It was finished by Athanasius.
In the middle of the twentieth century, a fire destroyed the church and it was rebuilt without cupolas.
Nuptial Hall, which is part of the complex and measures 15 by 12 meters, was built in the 13th or 14th century and has little architectural value.
The four-pillared modern church is similarly unremarkable in terms of architecture.
The hall’s exquisite tracing and carving is reminiscent of the ornamentation seen in many Cairo mansions from the Mameluke Period, which were constructed about the same time.
