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The inauguration of the first church named after St. Habib Girgis

Amany Moussa

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Wednesday ,03 October 2018

The inauguration of the first church named after St. Habib Girgis

His Holiness Pope Twadros II, inaugurated the church of Pope Cyril VI and Archdeacon Habib Gerges in Washington, DC, New Jersey. 

His Holiness also inaugurated the icons of the Church and the Pantocrator (the bosom of the Father). 
It is worth mentioning that this is the first time that His Holiness has inaugurated an altar on the name of Saint Habib Gerges in the Diaspora after he the founder of Sunday schools was acknowledged a saint by the Coptic church in 2013.