Egypt - Alexandria: St Mark's Church

St Mark’s Church is a Coptic cathedral in Alexandria.  Cyril Sladden worshipped there one Sunday at the end of September 1915.

The cathedral is said to stand on the site of the church founded by St Mark the Evangelist in AD 60.  The church has been destroyed several times over the centuries.  The church which Cyril visited was rebuilt and opened in 1819 and renewed in 1870.  That church was pulled down in the 1950s and another, larger building was built with reinforced concrete.  The basilica retains two pre-existing minarets. Six marble pillars were repositioned beneath the arch of the western entrance.