Coptic Pope visiting Eindhoven

Pope Shenouda III, the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria, is visiting Eindhoven this Sunday October 17th to inaugurate the Church of Archangel Michael and St. Anthony Abbot in Stratum. He will be assisted by 20 bishops from Europe and Egypt.

It's the third time that Pope Shenouda III is visiting the Netherlands. He visited our country before in 1992 and 1994. The Coptic community in the Netherlands consists of about 6000 members, most of whom are from Egypt. The Dutch Coptic parishes are in Amsterdam, the Hague, Utrecht, Hilaard, Assen, Enschede and Eindhoven. The Coptic church in Eindhoven is based in the Alpenroosstraat.