Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Cairo
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Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo is the principal seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope and a major spiritual and administrative center for Egypt’s Coptic Christian community.
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Target entity: Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Cairo Context triple: [Coptic Orthodox Church, centralCathedral, Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Cairo]
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Cathedral of the Annunciation in Alexandria
The Cathedral of the Annunciation in Alexandria is the principal Greek Orthodox cathedral in Alexandria, Egypt, serving as a key religious and historical center for the Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
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Faras Cathedral
Faras Cathedral is an early Christian church in Nubia renowned for its well-preserved medieval wall paintings and its significance in the study of Nubian Christian art and architecture.
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Al-Azhar Mosque
Al-Azhar Mosque is one of the oldest and most influential Islamic religious and educational institutions in the world, renowned as a historic center of Sunni scholarship.
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Nubian Church
The Nubian Church was a medieval Christian church in the Nubian kingdoms of what is now Sudan, notable for its Miaphysite theology, close ties to the Coptic Church, and use of the Old Nubian language and script in its liturgy and writings.
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Saint Catherine’s Monastery
Saint Catherine’s Monastery is an ancient Eastern Orthodox monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt, renowned as one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited Christian monasteries and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Cairo Target entity description: Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo is the principal seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope and a major spiritual and administrative center for Egypt’s Coptic Christian community.
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Cathedral of the Annunciation in Alexandria
The Cathedral of the Annunciation in Alexandria is the principal Greek Orthodox cathedral in Alexandria, Egypt, serving as a key religious and historical center for the Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
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Faras Cathedral
Faras Cathedral is an early Christian church in Nubia renowned for its well-preserved medieval wall paintings and its significance in the study of Nubian Christian art and architecture.
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Al-Azhar Mosque
Al-Azhar Mosque is one of the oldest and most influential Islamic religious and educational institutions in the world, renowned as a historic center of Sunni scholarship.
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Nubian Church
The Nubian Church was a medieval Christian church in the Nubian kingdoms of what is now Sudan, notable for its Miaphysite theology, close ties to the Coptic Church, and use of the Old Nubian language and script in its liturgy and writings.
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Saint Catherine’s Monastery
Saint Catherine’s Monastery is an ancient Eastern Orthodox monastery at the foot of Mount Sinai in Egypt, renowned as one of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited Christian monasteries and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Coptic Orthodox church
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cathedral ⓘ church building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | modern Coptic ⓘ |
| category |
20th-century churches in Egypt
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Coptic Orthodox cathedrals in Egypt ⓘ churches in Cairo ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1968 ⓘ |
| consecratedBy | Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria ⓘ |
| consecratedIn | 1968 ⓘ |
| contains | relics of Saint Mark the Evangelist ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| denomination | Oriental Orthodox Christianity ⓘ |
| function |
cathedral church of the Coptic Orthodox Pope
ⓘ
site of major Coptic liturgical celebrations ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Cairo
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surface form:
Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
|
| governs | Coptic Orthodox dioceses in Egypt ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Coptic iconography
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bell towers ⓘ large nave ⓘ multiple domes ⓘ |
| hasRelicOf |
Mark the Evangelist
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surface form:
Saint Mark the Evangelist
|
| hasStatus | mother church of the Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| isImportantFor |
administration of the Coptic Orthodox Church
ⓘ
religious life of Copts in Cairo ⓘ |
| isMajorCenterFor | Coptic Christian community in Egypt ⓘ |
| isPrincipalSeatOf |
Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate, Cairo
ⓘ
surface form:
Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria
Pope of Alexandria ⓘ
surface form:
Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
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| isSeatOf | Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| languageOfLiturgy |
Arabic
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Coptic ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Abbassia, Cairo
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Cairo ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Mark the Evangelist
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surface form:
Saint Mark the Evangelist
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| region | Middle East ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation | Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ |
| rite | Coptic Rite ⓘ |
| servesAs |
administrative center for the Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt
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spiritual center for Coptic Christians in Egypt ⓘ |
| tradition | Alexandrian liturgical tradition ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Coptic Orthodox clergy
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Coptic laity ⓘ |
| usedFor |
major Coptic feasts and festivals
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papal enthronement ceremonies of the Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ |
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Subject: Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Cairo Description of subject: Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo is the principal seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope and a major spiritual and administrative center for Egypt’s Coptic Christian community.
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