Sunday, 30 December, Pope Tawadros II consecrated the Cathedral of Anba Antonoius at the Monastery of Mar-Boqtor (St Victor) in the Menoufiya district of Khatatba, some 80km northwest Cairo.
The Pope congratulated the monks for consecration of their new church, wishing them a pure monastic life of giving and brotherly love.
The pope also thanked Fr Angaelos al-Antouny, supervisor of the monastery, for his great efforts exerted in the building the monastery and its utilities, and congratulated him on 68 years of monastic life.
Watani International
1 January 2019