Follow the mass funeral of late Pope Shenouda III at St. Marks Cathedral in the district of Abbasiya Liveon Nile Sports.
Tens of thousands of mourners are gathering Tuesday in front of St. Mark’s Cathedral in Abbassiya, Cairo, for the funeral of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s leader, Pope Shenouda III who died Saturday at the age of 88.
The service is due to start at 11am as flocks of Egyptian Christians keep heading to the Cathedral. Not all the mourners, however, will be able to bid farewell and recite prayers from inside the prestigious worship house as only 4,000 invitation holders are allowed to get in.
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