Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ, Cairo

Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ
كاتدرائية ميلاد المسيح
29°58′52.3″N 31°43′15.1″E / 29.981194°N 31.720861°E / 29.981194; 31.720861
Location	New Administrative Capital
Country	Egypt
Denomination	Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
History
Founder(s)	Pope Tawadros II
Dedication	Nativity of Jesus
Consecrated	6 January 2019
Architecture
Style	Coptic
Specifications
Capacity	8,200 people [3]
Length	144.5 m (474 ft)[1]
Width	91.5 m (300 ft)[1]
Height	45 m (148 ft) (dom - top cross)[1] 40 m (130 ft) (top dom)[2]
Other dimensions	135,000 m3 (4,800,000 cu ft)[1]
Floor area	7,500 m2 (81,000 sq ft)[3][4] 8,500 m2 (9 towers together)[5]
Clergy
Bishop(s)	Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria

The Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ (Coptic: ⲡⲓⲉⲣⲫⲉⲓ ⲛ̀ⲕⲁⲑⲉⲇⲣⲁ ⲛ̀ⲧⲉ ⲡϫⲓⲛⲙⲓⲥⲓ ⲙ̀ⲡⲭⲣⲓⲥⲧⲟⲥ, romanized: Pi-erfey EnKathedhra Ente Epjinmisi EmPi-Ekhrestos, lit. 'Temple Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ'; Arabic: كاتدرائية ميلاد المسيح, romanized: Kātidrāʾiyya Mīlād al-Masīḥ) is a Coptic Orthodox cathedral in the as-yet-unnamed New Administrative Capital, Egypt, some 45 km east of Cairo. It was commissioned by the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and inaugurated on 6 January 2019 by President el-Sisi and the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Tawadros II. It is the largest church in the Middle East, and the largest Oriental Orthodox church in the world by area.^[3][6]