Cairo Tourist sites ( The Hanging Church )

The Hanging Church:

Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church also known as the Hanging Church is one of the oldest churches in Egypt and the history of a church on this site dates to the 3rd century AD.

The Hanging (The Suspended) Church is named for its location above a gatehouse of Babylon Fortress, the Roman fortress in Coptic Cairo (Old Cairo); its nave is suspended over a passage

The Hanging Church is the most famous Coptic Christian church in Cairo, as well as possibly the first built in Basilica style. It was probably built during the patriarchate of Isaac (690-92)

Abu Serga Church:

Abu Serga church which known also as Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church, in Coptic Cairo is one of the oldest Coptic churches in Egypt, dating back to the 4th century.

Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church is traditionally believed to have been built on the spot where the Holy Family, Joseph, Mary and the infant Jesus Christ, rested at the end of their journey into Egypt. They may have lived here while Joseph worked at the fortress.

The church is of significant historical importance, and in fact, it is where many patriarchs of the Coptic Church were elected. The first to be elected here was Patriarch Isaac (681-692) It is the episcopal church of Cairo, and it was the episcopal See of Masr (the district of Old Cairo) that replaced the former See of Babylon. Many bishops of the See were consecrated in the Church until the reign of Patriarch Christodulus(1047–1077).