Saint Samaan the Tanner Monastery, Cairo

The Monastery of Saint Simon, also known as the Cave Church, is a church of the Zabbaleen (garbage collector) community that was relegated to live at the base of the Mokattam hill in 1969

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Saint Samaan the Tanner Monastery, Cairo

The Monastery of Saint Simon, also known as the Cave Church, is a church of the Zabbaleen (garbage collector) community that was relegated to live at the base of the Mokattam hill in 1969.

The Monastery of Saint Simon, also known as the Cave Church, is a church of the Zabbaleen (garbage collector) community that was relegated to live at the base of the Mokattam hill in 1969. Built in 1975 to cater to the mostly Coptic Christian population here, there are 7 churches and chapels cut into the rocks, of which the Virgin Mary and St. Simon Cathedral is the largest. The smallest is the Church of Father Abram the son of Zara the Syriaque.

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About Saint Samaan the Tanner Monastery

 Shawqi, Al Abageyah, Qism El-Khalifa, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

 www.samaanchurch.com

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