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Hanging Church

Cairo Governorate, Egypt · built 601

Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church (Coptic: ⲉⲕⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ̀ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉⲑⲉⲟⲇⲟⲕⲟⲥ ⲁ̀ⲅⲓⲁ̀ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ̀ ⲉⲛⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲟⲛ ⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ Church of Mother of God Saint Mary in Egyptian Babylon), also known as the Hanging Church (al-Kanīsa al-Muʿallaqa, Coptic: ⲁ̀ⲛⲁⲃⲁ ⲉⲛⲡⲓⲥⲡⲉⲗⲉⲟⲛ ⲉⲛⲃⲁⲃⲩⲗⲱⲛ ⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ), is one of the oldest churches in Egypt which dates to the third century. It belongs to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.

Church data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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