St. Peter and St. Paul's Church | |
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30°04′20″N 31°16′32″E / 30.0722°N 31.2756°E | |
Location | Cairo |
Country | Egypt |
Denomination | Coptic Orthodox |
Tradition | Alexandrian Rite |
History | |
Dedication | Saint Peter and Saint Paul |
Consecrated | 1911 |
Architecture | |
Architect(s) | Antonio Lasciac |
Style | Basilica |
Completed | 1911 |
St. Peter and St. Paul's Church (Arabic: الكنيسة البطرسية, romanized: al-Kanīsa al-Buṭrusiyya), commonly known as El-Botroseya and also known as the Petrine Church,[1] is a small Coptic church located in the vicinity of Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, the seat of the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, in Cairo's Abbassia district. It was built in 1911 over Egyptian prime minister Boutros Ghali's tomb.[2]