The oldest church in-built the World

"The Hanging Church." The saint's meeting that hid the Holy Family

An archaeological entity, described because the most significant and most sacred religious monument within the world, being located at the best trench, one among the foremost important safe stations that hid the holy family from the eyes of the lads of the Roman dictator Herod, ruler of Palestine, when she was chosen by female parent Mary and her child, Christ, and their companion, St. Joseph al-Najjar.

 

The "Hanging Church" was nothing but the ruins of 1 of the towers of Babylon Fort, which made it rise quite 13 meters above the bottom, so it absolutely was called the suspended castle, its presence near the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, and therefore the Jewish temple of Ibn Ezra, within the ancient region of Egypt, made it a singular and unique site, a gathering of civilizations and religions, and was called the "Congregation of Religions", in an exceedingly clear relevancy the three heavenly communities.

The church was inbuilt the shape of an oblong two-story, 23.5-meter-long rib, 18.5 meters high, and a height of roughly 10 meters, one amongst which has two gates to enter the visitors and therefore the other to induce out of it, once you cross the most gate you may find a protracted passageway, with on its sides some Coptic symbols witnessing the history of the first Christian era, also as carrying pictures For the Patriarchs and members of the Holy Synod throughout the history of the Canon, it ends with a 23-degree basalt staircase, which reaches the primary floor, whose walls also carry photographs of variety of Batareka and members of the Holy Synod from the first Coptic period, and even Pope Tawadros II, the 118th Patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox.

Inside the hanging church, which was designed in roman character for its photographs, there are two pavilions separated by an oversized courtyard, resting on eight columns on all sides, all fabricated from marble except one in all the black basalt, and three structures bearing the names of The Virgin Mary and St. John. The Baptist, additionally to the name Of St. Mary Gerges, stands ahead of them some wooden veils, the foremost important of which is that the veil dating back to the 12th century AD, topped with pictures representing the Prophet Jesus sitting on the throne, and on his right Isher Mary and Angel Gabriel, and Left is angel Michael and John the Baptist.

On the walls of the correct wing of the hanging church there are parts of national newspapers monitoring events from modern Christian history, the foremost important of which is that the appearance of Madonna Mary in her church within the Olive District after the setback of 1967, while the faction incorporates a wooden door of pine inlaid with ivory, up to the oldest remaining parts of the the first building, called the little Church, contains 110 Coptic symbols, the oldest dating back to the 8th century AD, most of which go back to the 18th century, one in every of its bearers surmounted by an emblem representing the 12 apostles, disciples of the Prophet Jesus, It bears the names of Saints Peter, Andraos, Jacob, John, Judah, Thomas.

The restoration began to increase the suspended church starting within the 9th century AD, and this was during the reign of the fifth Abbasid caliph Abu Jaafar bin Jaafar al-Mahdi bin Abu Jaafar al-Mansour, called Harun al-Rashidi. within the late 10th century, the fifth Fatimid caliph, "Dear By Fatimid God", allowed patriarch Ephraim al-Syriani to renovate all the churches of Egypt and repair what had been destroyed. within the 11th century, the apparent Caliph al-Mansoori ordered the religious of God Abu al-Hassan to order God to renew it and restore its tapers.

In the old days, town of Alexandria was the seat of the Papacy, specifically within the Church of the Marquis of Alexandria, and it lasted quite k years, until the Patriarch "Chrystooles Abd christ" pope of Alexandria and patriarch of the Church of the Marquis within the middle of the 11th century, moved to the church of the Episcopal, thus becoming the house of the many patriarchs, Many of them were buried within the 11th and 12th centuries, and today it's considered one in all the holy shrines of the Copts, because it exists among variety of Christian shrines, namely the Church of St. Marghergis, the Church of Abu Serja, the Coptic Museum, moreover because the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, and therefore the Synagogue, the world of Fort Babylon is therefore called the "congregation of religions".

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