The Funeral of Egypt’s Coptic Pope
Shenouda III died on March 17, at 88, after presiding over the largest Christian community in the Middle East — and one of the most ancient in the world — for more than four decades
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Pallbearers struggle to carry the coffin of Coptic Pope Shenouda III out of Saint Mark's cathedral during his funeral service in Cairo's al-Abbassiya district on March 20, 2012 before heading to his final resting place in the 4th century Bishoy monastery in Beheira province.