Saint George’s Church

The Church of St. George is a Greek Orthodox church within the Babylon Fortress in . It is part of the Holy Patriarchal Monastery of St George under the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …is Greek Orthodox
  • Description: monastery in Cairo
  • Also known as
    “Church of St. George”
    “Church of St. Gorge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Coptic Museum and Hanging Church.
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Museum
The is a in , Egypt…
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Saint Virgin Mary's Coptic Orthodox Church, also known… is situated 140 metres south of Saint George’s Church.
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The , sometimes referred to as the… is situated 130 metres southeast of Saint George’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Old Cairo and Sayyidah Zainab District.
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is the extensive district of southern …
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Sayyidah Zainab is one of the old traditional districts of , . is situated 2½ km northeast of Saint George’s Church.
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Saint George’s Church

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Latitude
30.00654° or 30° 0′ 24″ north
Longitude
31.23002° or 31° 13′ 48″ east
Open location code
8G2H264J+J2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1244575533
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­church
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landuse=­religious
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tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­greek_orthodox
Wiki­data ID
Q4255568

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Saint George’s Church” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة القديس جورج”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի (Կահիրե)”
  • Armenian: “Սուրբ Գևորգ եկեղեցի”
  • Catalan: “Església de Sant Jordi del Caire”
  • Chinese: “圣乔治教堂”
  • Dutch: “Sint-Joriskerk”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كنيسة القديس جورج”
  • French: “église Saint-George du Caire”
  • French: “Église Saint-Georges du Caire”
  • German: “Kloster von St. Georg”
  • German: “St. Georg”
  • Greek: “Εκκλησία Αγίου Γεωργίου”
  • Italian: “chiesa di San Giorgio”
  • Japanese: “聖ゲオルギオス教会”
  • Japanese: “聖ジョージ教会”
  • Korean: “성 게오르기오스 성당”
  • Polish: “Cerkiew św. Jerzego w Kairze”
  • Portuguese: “Igreja de São Jorge”
  • Russian: “Храм Святого Георгия”
  • Russian: “Церковь и монастырь Святого Георгия”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Георгия”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de San Jorge”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia ortodoxa de San Jorge”
  • Turkish: “Aziz George Kilisesi, Kahire”
  • Urdu: “قدیس جارج کا گرجا گھر (قاہرہ)”
  • Urdu: “قدیس جارج کا گرجا گھر”

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