After four months of closure, the church of the Holy Virgin and Mar-Girgis (St George) in the village of Sheikh Alaa’ in Minya, some 250km south of Cairo, reopened on Coptic Christmas Eve —6 January—for the Nativity Midnight Mass. Minya Bishopric sent an official message of thanks to the relevant State authorities for reopening the … Continue reading Church in Minya reopens after months of closure