St Barbara Church — Local services in Cairo

Small church hidden on a narrow street in the old Coptic quarter of Cairo. The maze of tiny streets that is today Cairo's old Coptic quarter was part of the Fortress of Babylon about 2000 years ago. The Church of Saint Barbara dates back from the 5th or 6th century AD. Viewed from the street, the building of St Barbara church has nothing spectacular. It looks just like a random house in the neighborhood. This is because it was built in a time were Christianity was illegal by the Roman law, so the worshippers of the new religion didn't want to attract the attention of the Roman guards and soldiers. However, this detail proved to be useful some hundred of years later, during Mamluk rule of Cairo, when many Christians churches have been closed or demolished. Nowadays, the church hosts the relics of Saint Barbara herself, so it's a magnet for pilgrims. It has been renovated...

The Coptic Orthodox Church of St. Barbara is a church in Coptic Cairo and one best known for its relic of Saint Barbara. The church isn’t all that interesting except for the traditional Coptic style altar with a screen, and the room housing the relics of various saints including Saint barbara.

A visit to this church is probably better for one of the believers, but it’s worth a quick look if you’re in Coptic...

one of the oldest and greatest churches in Old Cairo Egypt, i was baptized and grown up there. we can not talk about saint Barbara church without mentioning father Sarabamon (the unknown hero) who worked very hard for almost 40 years to make this place as beautiful as it is. God save his church and bless father Sarabamon and other fathers life in...