Album Of St.Mina Monastery and The new Cathedral

St.Mina Monastery

This an album i posted on Picasa Web Albums about St.Mina Monastery and the new Cathedral at Mariout in Alexandria, which is Magnificent Artwork, accommodates 3000 persons, has seven altars and its towers are 45 meters in height.

The Late pope St. Kyrillos VI had laid the foundation stone of the new cathedral in 27 Nov. 1959 at the feast of St.Mina


and in 9/10 Jan 2005 the Coptic church celebrated the Inauguration of the Monastery's Cathedral of St. Mina, the Great Martyr, by the hand of H.H. Pope Shenouda III

Check the album to see how great it looks

Useful links
The official website of St. Mina Monastery in Maruit
Saint Menas
Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria