Current Seats
- Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Cairo 1971–present
- Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Alexandria) c. AD 60–present
The current Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria is in both Alexandria and Cairo, in the compound holding the Patriarchal palace, Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (known as St. Mark's Cathedral) and other Patriarchal Institutions in both Alexandria and Cairo.
There is also a major Patriarchal compound within the outer walls of the Monastery of Saint Pishoy in the Scetes of the Nitrian Desert of Egypt (Wadi El Natrun), which is used when the Pope is in a spiritual retreat or when hosting major ecclesiastical conventions within the Oriental Orthodox Church communion or with Eastern Orthodox Church or the Roman Catholic Church and its Uniate Churches.
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