Diocese of Faras

Bishop Petros with Saint Peter the Apostle, wall painting from the Faras Cathedral (National Museum in Warsaw).
Bishop Marianos of Pakhoras supported by Madonna and Child, as depicted in the wall painting from the Faras Cathedral (National Museum in Warsaw).

The Diocese of Faras was a Christian bishopric in Nobadia during the Middle Ages and is today a titular see of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Its seat was originally at Faras (Pakhoras). Later, its bishops sat at Qasr Ibrim.

Despite Faras's submersion following the building of the Aswan High Dam, the see is still claimed by the Coptic church's Titular Bishop of the Great and Ancient Metropolis of Nubia, who is styled Bishop of Faras of Nobatia. The current ordinary is Bishop Sarapamon (Serapis Amon).