Fr. Angelos Isaac, member of the papal secretarial committee, was present at the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of the Nativity of Christ Church in the new administrative capital, on behalf of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the see of St. Mark, who traveled abroad on a therapeutic trip .
The workers of Orascom Construction are continuing the work that began in January 2016 to complete the building of the church, pointing out that it will be the largest in the Middle East on 63 thousand square meters. While the new Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ will be inaugurated in the administrative capital on the Nativity feast day, on January 7, for the Pope to receive feast greeters.
The sources pointed out that the church placed the Bible above the foundation stone of the new cathedral.