{"id":48585,"date":"2017-07-22T15:01:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-22T13:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=48585"},"modified":"2017-08-03T13:05:56","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T11:05:56","slug":"%d9%82%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d9%8a%d8%af%d8%b4%d9%86-%d9%83%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a3%d8%a8%d9%8a-%d8%b3%d9%8a%d9%81%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%a8%d8%b9%d8%af-%d8%a7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%82%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d9%8a%d8%af%d8%b4%d9%86-%d9%83%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a3%d8%a8%d9%8a-%d8%b3%d9%8a%d9%81%d9%8a%d9%86-%d8%a8%d8%b9%d8%af-%d8%a7\/","title":{"rendered":"HH the Pope inaugurates St. Mercurius Church after restoration and rennovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">His Holiness Pope Tawadros II inaugurated on Saturday morning, 22 July 2017, the altars,\u00a0baptism room and\u00a0icons of St. Mercurius\u00a0archaeological Church in Old Cairo\u00a0after the completion of repair<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">and renovation work and which lasted for 30 years with the participation of Their Eminences Anba Mattheos, Anba Botrous, Anba Basanti, Anba Daniel, Anba Rafael, Anba Silvanus, Anba Marteros, Anba Ermia, Anba\u00a0Mina, Anba\u00a0Epiphanius, Anba Domadius, Anba Julius, Anba Makari, Anba Angelos, Anba Marcos\u00a0and Anba Eklimandos <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">and the presence of a number of legislative, security, executive and civil leaders, a representative\u00a0from Amr Ibn El-Aas Mosque, Bishop Mounir Hanna, Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Egypt and a group of representatives of Christian denominations in addition to the heads of the monasteries of St.\u00a0Mercurius and St. George in\u00a0Old Cairo, St.\u00a0Tadros monastery<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">(Haret Elroum), St. George monastery<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">(Haret Zuwayla) and a large gathering Coptic\u00a0congregation\u00a0and the inauguration was followed by mass\u00a0prayers and concluded by promoting two priests, Fr. 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