Armenian Cathedral of St Gregory the Illuminator
Cairo's Armenian Apostolic cathedral of 1928, with its conical dome and a memorial khachkar to the 1915 genocide.
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Church of Abu Serga (Saints Sergius and Bacchus)
A seventh-century basilica in the heart of Coptic Cairo, built over a crypt where the Holy Family is said to have sheltered.
Church of St Barbara (Coptic Cairo)
A Coptic basilica in the lanes of the Babylon Fortress, keeping the relics of St Barbara and a wall of icons.
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