Pope Shenouda III at Rest at St. Mark’s by Trent Gilliss, senior editor The body of Pope Shenouda III, the spiritual leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, sits dressed in formal robes on a wooden throne at Saint Mark’s Coptic Cathedral in Cairo’s al-Abbassiya district. Mourners are paying their respects to the man who reigned over the Middle East’s largest Christian minority group. He was 88. After a long illness, he died on Saturday and will be buried today 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. Photo by Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)
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Pope Shenouda III at Rest at St. Mark’s

by Trent Gilliss, senior editor

The body of Pope Shenouda III, the spiritual leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, sits dressed in formal robes on a wooden throne at Saint Mark’s Coptic Cathedral in Cairo’s al-Abbassiya district. Mourners are paying their respects to the man who reigned over the Middle East’s largest Christian minority group. He was 88.

After a long illness, he died on Saturday and will be buried today 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.

Photo by Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)

Live Updates of the Funeral Services for Pope Shenouda

Mourners Hold a Photo of Pope Shenouda IIIAn Egyptian Christian Copt holds a portrait of late Pope Shenouda III as mourners wait in a queue to enter Saint Mark’s Coptic Cathedral. (photo: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images)

From St. Mark’s Cathedral in the el-Abbassiya district of Cairo, thousands of mourners are paying their last respects to Pope Shenouda III, the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church. He died on Saturday at the age of 88. Ahram Online is live-blogging from the site.

~Trent Gilliss, senior editor