Hanging Church
Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, also known as the Hanging Church, is one of the oldest churches in Egypt which dates to the third century. It belongs to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: church in Cairo, Egypt
- Also known as: “Al Kanīsah al Mu‘allaqah”, “Al Kanisah al Mu`allaqah”, “al-Muʿallaqah”, “Church of Mother of God Saint Mary in Egyptian Babylon”, “Saint Virgin Mary’s Church”, “Saint Virgin Mary’s Coptic Orthodox Church”, and “كنيسة القديسة مريم العذراء”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coptic Museum and Saint George’s Church.
Coptic Museum
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 pl.
The Coptic Museum is a museum in Coptic Cairo, Egypt with the largest collection of Coptic Christian artifacts in the world. It was founded by Marcus Simaika in 1908 to house Coptic antiquities.
Saint George’s Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St. George is a Greek Orthodox church within the Babylon Fortress in Coptic Cairo. It is part of the Holy Patriarchal Monastery of St George under the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa. Saint George’s Church is situated 140 metres north of Hanging Church.
Ben Ezra Synagogue
Photo: Zerida, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ben Ezra Synagogue, sometimes referred to as the El-Geniza Synagogue or the Synagogue of the Levantines, is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the Fustat part of Old Cairo, Egypt. Ben Ezra Synagogue is situated 110 metres northeast of Hanging Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Old Cairo and Sayyidah Zainab District.
Old Cairo
Photo: Blago Tebi, CC BY 3.0.
Old Cairo is the extensive district of southern Cairo from the southern boundary of Garden City down to the precinct commonly known as Coptic Cairo.
Sayyidah Zainab District
Suburb
Photo: Motazhesham2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of Cairo, Egypt. Its name is based on the presence of the Sayyidah Zainab Mosque. It is known for its traditional restaurants, it also has the Qal'at al-Kabsh neighbourhood, which is one of the famous areas in the district, and the Ibn Tulun Mosque. Sayyidah Zainab District is situated 2½ km north of Hanging Church.
Giza
Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Picture yourself in Egypt and you picture this. Imagine Ancient Egypt and this is where your mind will land. Here is Giza, the city just west of Cairo, where on a desert plateau stand the Pyramids, Sphinx and royal tombs of the pharaohs.
Hanging Church
- Categories: church, tourism, historic site, and religious organization
- Location: Cairo Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
30.00525° or 30° 0′ 19″ northLongitude
31.23017° or 31° 13′ 49″ eastElevation
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
8G2H264J+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 1240729445OpenStreetMap feature
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landuse=religiousOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Hanging Church” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الكنيسة المعلقة”
- Arabic: “الكنيسه المعلقه”
- Arabic: “كنيسة المعلقة”
- Bulgarian: “Висяща църква”
- Catalan: “Església Penjada”
- Catalan: “Església Suspesa”
- Chinese: “悬空教堂”
- Croatian: “Crkva Presvete Bogorodice u Kairu”
- Dutch: “Hangende Kerk”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الكنيسة المعلقة”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الكنيسه المعلقه”
- Esperanto: “Penda Eklezio de Kairo”
- Esperanto: “Pendo-preĝejo”
- French: “Al-Kanîsah al-Mu’allaqah”
- French: “Al-Mu’allaqah”
- French: “église suspendue”
- German: “Hängende Kirche”
- German: “Kirche der Heiligen Jungfrau Maria”
- German: “Koptisch-Orthodoxe Kirche der Heiligen Jungfrau Maria”
- Greek: “Κρεμαστή Εκκλησία”
- Indonesian: “Gereja Gantung”
- Italian: “chiesa Sospesa”
- Italian: “Chiesa Sospesa”
- Japanese: “ハンギング・チャーチ”
- Japanese: “ムアッラカ教会”
- Lithuanian: “Kairo Šv. Mergelės Marijos bažnyčia”
- Macedonian: “Црква Пресвета Богородица”
- Persian: “کلیسای معلق”
- Polish: “Kościół ‘Zawieszony’”
- Polish: “Kościół Zawieszony”
- Polish: “Wiszący Kościół”
- Portuguese: “Igreja Suspensa”
- Romanian: “Biserica Sfânta Maria din Cairo”
- Russian: “Аль-Муалляка”
- Russian: “Висячая церковь”
- Russian: “Подвешенная церковь”
- Russian: “Церковь Святой Марии”
- Serbian: “Црква Пресвете Богородице у Каиру”
- Serbian: “Црква Пресвете Богородице”
- Slovenian: “Cerkev sv. Marije, Kairo”
- Spanish: “iglesia Colgante”
- Spanish: “Iglesia Colgante”
- Tamil: “தொங்கு தேவாலயம்”
- Urdu: “معلق گرجا گھر”
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