Hanging Church

Hanging Church

Just south of the Coptic Museum on Sharia Mar Girgis a stone facade with Coptic and Arabic inscriptions marks the entrance to the 9th century Hanging Church also known as the Suspended Church. This ancient church is built over the Water Gate of Roman Babylon and that’s how it got its name. Inside the church has three barrel-vaulted, wood roofed aisles and looks like an upturned ark supported by 13 elegant pillars representing Christ and his apostles also there are in cairo another churches such as Church of St Sergius&Bacchus which is the oldest church inside coptic cairo and Church of St Simon the Tanner which located in moqattam hills and Church of St Barbara which is symbol of faith 

Architecture and Features

Up the steep stairs visitors are greeted by a 19th century facade with twin bell towers. In the small inner courtyard vendors sell liturgies and videos of the Coptic Pope, Shenouda III. The church’s interior is similar to a mosque, especially the ebony and ivory inlaid screens that hide the altar. These screens have intricate geometric designs, the only difference from Islamic patterns is the tiny crosses and there are more christian trips if want to try Spiritual&Pilgrimage Tours which have many trips you can choose from 

One of the pillars is darker than the others and is believed to be Judas. The church has 110 icons, including ones of the life and torture of St. George, the life of St. John the Baptist and a famous painting of the Virgin Mary known as the Coptic Mona Lisa there are more places which you can visit not only in cairo but also in another countries Egypt Travel Packages will help choose also if you to have this trip with your family Egypt Family Tours will give you many recommendations 

Sacred Relics and Ongoing Use

The baptistery to the right has a panel cut out of the floor showing the Water Gate below. The church is still an active place of worship, with tourists and parishioners coming to pray over the relics of the saints and the icon of Mary. Despite being ancient the Hanging Church is still a living center of Coptic spirituality and heritage cairo has alot lanmark which you should visit you will be amazed also it has many activites to do Things To Do In Egypt will help you to choose