Monastery · Egypt
Monastery of St Mina, Mariout
دير مارمينا بمريوط
Active Coptic monastery at Mariout founded in 1959, home to the shrine of Pope Kyrillos VI and a cathedral of St Mina.
Where it is
30.8534, 29.6668
Why go
Pope Kyrillos VI laid the foundation of this Coptic monastery in November 1959, in the Mariout district of Alexandria Governorate; the original foundation stone remains visible behind glass under the main altar. The complex grew from a small church holding relics of St Mina into a group of churches, including a large cathedral dedicated to the saint, opened in 1976. Pope Kyrillos's own body was brought here in 1972 and rests in a shrine east of the cathedral.
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