(AKI) - Pope Shenouda III, the head of the Egyptian Coptic church and patriarch of Alexandria, left on Tuesday for the United Arab Emirates where he will inaugurate the first Coptic church in Dubai. | There are Christian churches in Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman, and Qatar recently announced it intends to build one. |
There are Christian churches in Bahrain, Kuwait and Oman, and Qatar recently announced it intends to build one for the Christian minority present in the UAE. The Coptic Church has some 58 million followers worldwide most of them in Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, the United States, Canada and Australia.