NO WEB/NO APPS - Worshippers attend a service as Coptic priest Father Samaan Ibrahim reads his sermon at the Saint Samaan (Simon) Church also known as the Cave Church in the Mokattam village, nicknamed as “Garbage City,” in Cairo, Egypt on August 19, 2016. Once a week hundreds of Muslims gather at the church after the prayer, to attend a session of exorcism performed by the priest. With a cross and holy water he fights spiritual entities and demons. The Monastery has an amphitheater with a seating capacity of 20,000 making it the largest Christian church in the Middle East. It is named after t

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• Date taken: 19 August 2016
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NO WEB/NO APPS - Worshippers attend a service as Coptic priest Father Samaan Ibrahim reads his sermon at the Saint Samaan (Simon) Church also known as the Cave Church in the Mokattam village, nicknamed as “Garbage City, ” in Cairo, Egypt on August 19, 2016. Once a week hundreds of Muslims gather at the church after the prayer, to attend a session of exorcism performed by the priest. With a cross and holy water he fights spiritual entities and demons. The Monastery has an amphitheater with a seating capacity of 20, 000 making it the largest Christian church in the Middle East. It is named after the Coptic Saint, Simon the Tanner, who lived at the end of the 10th century, when Egypt was ruled by the Muslim Fatimid Caliph Al-Muizz Lideenillah. Simon is associated with the legend of the moving of the Mokattam Mountain. Photo by Etienne Bouy/ABACAPRESS.COM