104 churches documented so far — coverage incomplete
Mahatet El-Raml · Alexandria · Coptic Orthodox
Pope Shenouda III’s history records that Alexandria’s Coptic cathedral was rebuilt in the twentieth century and consecrated by Pope Yusab II on 9 November 1952, replacing an earlier nineteenth-century church.
Sporting · Alexandria · Coptic Orthodox
Saint George’s in Sporting held its first liturgy in a temporary building on 3 December 1959.
Moharram Bek · Alexandria · Coptic Orthodox
The parish history dates Saint Mary’s foundation stone to 25 January 1934 and its consecration to 22 August 1935.
Ibrahimia · Alexandria · Coptic Orthodox
Prayer began here on 19 June 1969, after Father Bishoy Kamel sought a church for Ibrahimia.
Smouha · Alexandria · Coptic Orthodox
Father Mikhail Saad purchased the Smouha church’s first plot in 1950.
Tanta · Coptic Orthodox
Bishop Yoannis established a shrine here for relics venerated as Saint Paul’s, brought to Egypt in December 1973.
Tanta · Coptic Orthodox
The diocese acquired this church during Bishop Yoannis’s episcopate as part of a programme of six church projects.
Tanta · Coptic Orthodox
The church was founded by Tanta’s Mahabba charitable association.
Mansoura · Coptic Orthodox
Port Said · Coptic Orthodox
The church’s construction involved Hegumen Mikhail Anis Bishay, whose work the parish commemorated in an October 2019 obituary.
Port Said · Coptic Orthodox
Consecrated on 28 June 1885, this was Port Said’s first Coptic Orthodox church.
Suez · Coptic Orthodox
On 9 June 2018, Bishop Bamwa ordained a full deacon here and admitted fifty pupils to minor liturgical orders.
Suez · Coptic Orthodox
Suez · Coptic Orthodox
Asyut · Coptic Orthodox
On 6 March 2022, Bishop Yoannis presided over a priestly ordination at this cathedral.
Asyut · Coptic Orthodox
Pope Tawadros II consecrated the church’s principal altar and icons on 4 October 2025.
Asyut · Coptic Orthodox
First consecrated in 1948, the church was rebuilt after the 2013 attacks; its upper altar was consecrated in 2025.
Luxor · Coptic Orthodox
The foundation stone was laid in 1973.
Aswan · Coptic Orthodox
Sharm El-Sheikh · Coptic Orthodox
Sharm el-Sheikh · Diocese of South Sinai · Coptic Orthodox
Pope Shenouda III laid the foundation stone for Sharm El-Sheikh’s Heavenly Cathedral in March 2002.
Hurghada · Coptic Orthodox
Hurghada · Coptic Orthodox
El Quseir · Coptic Orthodox
El-Ahiaa · Hurghada · Coptic Orthodox
Ras Ghareb · Coptic Orthodox
Safaga · Coptic Orthodox
Sakha · Kafr El-Sheikh · Coptic Orthodox
Saint Mary’s at Sakha preserves an older church setting within a building repeatedly renewed.
Belkas · Dakahlia · Coptic Orthodox
Bishop Bishoy sponsored a larger replacement for Belkas’s small old church, planning for a growing congregation.
Damietta · Coptic Orthodox
New Damietta · Coptic Orthodox
Zamalek · Cairo · Anglican / Episcopal
Consecrated on 25 April 1988, the present cathedral is Cairo’s third All Saints.
Ezbet El Nakhl · Cairo · Anglican / Episcopal
In 2008 the diocese bought a five-storey building in Ezbet El Nakhl.
Old Cairo · Anglican / Episcopal
This Old Cairo church was built after the death of missionary Temple Gairdner in 1928 and dedicated to his memory.
Maadi · Cairo · Anglican / Episcopal
Maadi’s Anglican residents raised money in 1929 to replace their makeshift church with a permanent building.
Heliopolis · Cairo · Anglican / Episcopal
Saint Michael and All Angels has served Heliopolis through generations of Anglican ministry.
Tawabek · Giza · Anglican / Episcopal
Port Said · Coptic Orthodox
Port Said · Roman Catholic
Port Said’s Catholic community first worshipped in a wooden church built in 1867.
Heliopolis · Cairo · Chaldean Catholic
The Chaldean Catholic community laid this Heliopolis church’s cornerstone in January 1951, as recorded in a contemporary Fátima newspaper.
Heliopolis · Cairo · Evangelical
This Heliopolis congregation celebrated its centenary with Protestant church leaders and parishioners.
Tanta · Coptic Orthodox
Land was purchased in 1934; a wooden church opened for Palm Sunday worship in 1939.
Tanta · Evangelical
El Sagha · Tanta · Christian
Port Said · Coptic Orthodox
Port Said · Coptic Orthodox
Port Fouad · Coptic Orthodox
Suez · Coptic Orthodox
Asyut · Coptic Orthodox
Asyut · Coptic Orthodox
Asyut · Coptic Orthodox
Luxor · Coptic Catholic
Luxor · Coptic Orthodox
Luxor · Coptic Orthodox
Luxor · Coptic Orthodox
Luxor · Roman Catholic
Hurghada · Coptic Orthodox
Hurghada · Christian
Hurghada · Christian
El Gouna · Christian
Damietta · Coptic Orthodox
Damietta · Greek Orthodox
Downtown Cairo · Protestant
Saint Andrew’s congregation opened a refugee centre in its Guild Hall on 11 October 1979.
Old Cairo · Coptic Orthodox
Saint Barbara’s belongs to Old Cairo’s historic churches around Babylon Fortress.
Mokattam · Cairo · Coptic Orthodox
The modern ministry at Mokattam began in 1973 with Brother Farahat, later Father Samaan, among Cairo’s waste-collecting community.
Eastern Desert · Coptic Orthodox
This Eastern Desert monastery honours Anthony, a formative figure in Christian monasticism.
Wadi El-Natrun · Coptic Orthodox
This monastery traces its origins to the fourth-century community of Saint Macarius.
Wadi El-Natrun · Coptic Orthodox
Saint Bishoy’s monastery grew from a fourth-century monastic foundation in Wadi El Natrun.
Sohag · Coptic Orthodox
The Red Monastery’s church near Sohag dates to the late fifth century.
Heliopolis · Cairo · Coptic Orthodox
The congregation’s published records trace the church project to meetings in local homes.
Masarra · Shubra · Cairo · Coptic Orthodox
Parish records trace the project to a fundraising meeting in 1922.
El Thanaweya · Mansoura · Coptic Orthodox
Minya · Christian
Zafarana · Eastern Desert · Coptic Orthodox
This desert monastery preserves the traditional cave of Paul the Anchorite.
Abbassia · Cairo · Coptic Orthodox
Built during Pope Cyril VI’s patriarchate, Saint Mark’s Cathedral became a major centre of Coptic worship in Abbassia.
New Administrative Capital · Coptic Orthodox
This Coptic Orthodox cathedral in the New Administrative Capital was commissioned by President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
Abbassia · Cairo · Coptic Orthodox
The Boutros-Ghali family established this church in 1911 beside the site of today’s Abbassia cathedral.
Ard El-Golf · Cairo · Coptic Orthodox
Residents began planning this church in 1965.
Zeitoun · Cairo · Coptic Orthodox
Established and consecrated in 1925, Zeitoun’s Virgin Mary Church celebrated its centenary in 2025 with Pope Tawadros II.
Heliopolis · Cairo · Coptic Orthodox
This Heliopolis church project began in the 1950s, with its foundation stone laid in 1954.
Maadi · Cairo · Coptic Orthodox
Saint Mark’s in Maadi began worship in a first-stage building in December 1970.
Haret Zewela · Cairo · Coptic Orthodox
The Virgin Mary church within the Haret Zewela complex became the Coptic patriarchal seat in 1303.
Heliopolis · Cairo · Coptic Orthodox
El Waiely · Cairo · Coptic Orthodox
Founded in 1951, this El Waiely church occupies a 700-square-metre site.
Alf Maskan · Cairo · Coptic Orthodox
Matareia · Cairo · Christian
Zawia El Hamraa · Cairo · Christian
Sidi Bishr · Alexandria · Coptic Orthodox
The parish account describes a tile workshop converted for worship after Father Bishoy Kamel acquired the site in 1971.
Arif Bey · El Wardeyan · Alexandria · Coptic Orthodox
Bakos · Alexandria · Coptic Orthodox
Fleming · Alexandria · Coptic Orthodox
Saint Mina’s in Fleming held its first liturgy in June 1948.
Gianaclis · Alexandria · Coptic Orthodox
Father Elijah began serving this community in 1973, when it worshipped in a small room.
Moharram Bek · Alexandria · Coptic Orthodox
Pope Tawadros II consecrated this established Moharram Bek church’s altars and icons on 15 February 2021, a milestone in its continuing worship.
Assafra · Alexandria · Coptic Orthodox
Gheit El Enab · Alexandria · Coptic Orthodox
Cleopatra · Alexandria · Coptic Orthodox
The church began in a villa donated to Father Bishoy Kamel.
Mustafa Kamel · Alexandria · Coptic Orthodox
Parish history dates the first liturgy to 8 April 1971.
Damanhur · Coptic Orthodox
This historic church in Damanhur’s Qalaa district has undergone repeated rebuilding, according to a government heritage inventory.
Damanhur · Coptic Orthodox
Saint George’s new church in Damanhur was consecrated in 1948, as recorded by Saint Macarius Monastery.
El Sekka El Gedida · Mansoura · Christian
Daqadus · Mit Ghamr · Christian
Daqadus preserves a medieval Christian heritage beneath its later church.
Talkha · Coptic Orthodox
Sinbillawain · Coptic Orthodox
El Mahalla El Kubra · Christian
El Mahalla El Kubra · Christian
Ebiar · Tanta · Christian
A reporter visiting Ebiar in 2011 described this village-centre church as more than two centuries old.
Samanoud · Christian
The present church was built in 1841 over an older church affected by Nile flooding, according to the Holy Family pilgrimage account.
Old Cairo · Coptic heritage
The Hanging Church rises above the remains of the Roman fortress in Old Cairo.
Old Cairo · Also known as Abu Serga
Abu Serga is an old Coptic basilica dedicated to Saints Sergius and Bacchus within the Roman fortress area of Old Cairo.
Old Cairo · Greek Orthodox heritage
The present Greek Orthodox Church of Saint George was designed by Nikolaos Kairis and built in 1906–1909 after a fire destroyed its predecessor in 1904.
South Sinai · Eastern Orthodox heritage
Emperor Justinian commissioned this fortified monastery in the sixth century for monks already living in Sinai.
Christian communities are not equivalent to buildings. Explore academic context through the American University in Cairo’s Coptic Studies collection.
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