The cathedral houses the tomb of St. Athanasius. St. Athanasius played a big role during the council of Nicea in 325 A.D. against Arius' doctrine.
St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral is located in the Abbassia District in Cairo where the seat of the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch, Pope Shenouda III is located. It was built during the time when Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria was Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church and inaugurated by Pope Cyril in 1968. The cathedral houses the relic of St. Mark, the evangelist and the first Patriarch of Alexandria.
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