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Egypt's Coptic Christians mourn the death of Pope Shenouda III
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Egyptian Christian Copts wait in a queue to enter Saint Mark's Coptic Cathedral in Cairo's al-Abbassiya district on March 19, 2012 where tens of thousands of grieving Coptic Christians bid farewell to Pope Shenuda III, who died on March 16 at the age of 88 after a long illness, setting in motion the process to elect a new patriarch for the Middle East's largest Christian community. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP - Getty Images
The body of Pope Shenuda III, the spiritual leader of the Middle East's largest Christian minority, sits dressed in formal robes on a wooden throne at the Saint Mark's Coptic Cathedral in Cairo's al-Abbassiya district, for the people to bid farewell to him on March 19, 2012. Pope Shenuda died at the age of 88, after a long battle with illness and based on his wishes he will be buried on March 20, at St. Bishoy monastery in Wadi Natrun in the Nile Delta where he spent his time in exile after a dispute with late president Anwar Sadat.AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP - Getty Images
Tens of thousands of Egyptian Christians converged on Saint Mark's Coptic Cathedral in Cairo to bid farewell to Pope Shenouda III, who died on March 16 at the age of 88 after a long illness, Agence France-Presse reports.
Based on his wishes, Pope Shenouda will be buried on Tuesday at St. Bishoy monastery in Wadi Natrun in the Nile Delta, where he spent his time in exile after a dispute with late president Anwar Sadat.
His death set in motion the process to elect a new patriarch for the Middle East's largest Christian community.
Egyptian Christian Copts push to enter Saint Mark's Coptic Cathedral in Cairo's al-Abbassiya district on March 19, 2012 where tens of thousands of grieving Coptic Christians bid farewell to Pope Shenuda III, who died on March 16 at the age of 88 after a long illness, setting in motion the process to elect a new patriarch for the Middle East's largest Christian community. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP - Getty Images
Egyptian Christian Coptic nuns mourn the death of Pope Shenuda III, the spiritual leader of the Middle East's largest Christian minority, in Saint Mark's Coptic Cathedral in Cairo's al-Abbassiya district, on March 19, 2012. Pope Shenuda died at the age of 88, after a long battle with illness and based on his wishes he will be buried on March 20, at Saint Bishoy monastery in Wadi Natrun in the Nile Delta where he spent his time in exile after a dispute with late president Anwar Sadat. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP - Getty Images
Egyptian Christian Copts wait in a queue to enter Saint Mark's Coptic Cathedral in Cairo's al-Abbassiya district on March 19, 2012 where tens of thousands of grieving Coptic Christians bid farewell to Pope Shenuda III, who died on March 16 at the age of 88 after a long illness, setting in motion the process to elect a new patriarch for the Middle East's largest Christian community. AFP PHOTO/GIANLUIGI GUERCIA (Photo credit should read GIANLUIGI GUERCIA/AFP/Getty Images)GIANLUIGI GUERCIA / AFP - Getty Images
