Catholic Church in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt?

[Erica_Rae]

On the off chance that anyone here knows Sharm El Sheikh well, could you let me know of a good Catholic Church to attend? I’ll be visiting Egypt this summer and need a parish to go to. Thanks!

 

[ziapueblo]

Erica Rae,

I believe that there is a Greek Orthodox monastery of St. Catherine in Sharm El Sheikh. Is Sharm El Sheikh near Cairo? There is Holy Family Roman Catholic Church in the Cairo area.

Here are some others I found. Don’t know if you will be near them

Catholic Churches

Church of the Annunciation, 36 Muhammad Sabri Abu Alam, near Midan Talaat Harb. Tel: 393-8429. Armenian Rite. Holy Liturgy Sunday 8:15 a.m. (in Coptic with Arabic readings); 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Our Lady of Peace (Melkite, Greek Catholic), 4 Midan el Sheikh Yusef, 96 Qasr el Aini. Byzantine Rite in Arabic. Holy Liturgy Sunday at 8:30 a.m. , 10:30 a.m., and 6 p.m.

Holy Family Catholic Church, 55 Road 15, Maadi. Latin Rite. Daily Mass in French 8 a.m. Friday. Family Mass 10 a.m. Saturday in English. Saturday Mass 6 p.m. in German, 7 p.m. in French. Sunday Mass 9:30 a.m. in French 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. in English.

St. Joseph’s Church (Italian and Egyptian Franciscan Friars), 2 Bank Misr at corner of Muhammad Farid. Tel: 393-6677. Latin Rite. Holy Mass Sunday 7:30 a.m. in French; 8:30 a.m. in Arabic; 10 a.m. in Italian; 12:30 p.m. in French; 5:30 p.m. in English; 6:30 p.m. in French. Weekdays 7:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. in French.

St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, 4 Ahmed Sabri, Zamalek. Tel: 340-8902, 340-9348. Latin Rite. Holy Mass Sunday 8:30 a.m. in Arabic; 11 a.m. in English; 6 p.m. in French. Weekdays 6 p.m. in French. Saturday 6 p.m. in Italian (sometimes Spanish).

God bless,
ZP

 

[Cluny]

There may also be a Coptic Catholic church or two in the area.

 

[JC_Nixon]

I could be wrong, but I don’t think there are any Catholic Churches in Sharm El Sheikh, Coptic or otherwise. It is not near Cairo and as I am sure you know it is at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula and is mostly a resort/tourist area. I visited Egypt on pilgrimage, we flew into Sharm El Sheikh from Luxor and from there took a bus up through the Sinai so we were only in Sharm for a short period of time. I searched for you on masstimes.org for Catholic churces in Sharm, it only came up with Churches in Luxor and Cairo as being closest. Have a great trip to a fascinating land!

 

[malphono]

I could be wrong, but I don’t think there are any Catholic Churches in Sharm El Sheikh, Coptic or otherwise. It is not near Cairo and as I am sure you know it is at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula and is mostly a resort/tourist area. I visited Egypt on pilgrimage, we flew into Sharm El Sheikh from Luxor and from there took a bus up through the Sinai so we were only in Sharm for a short period of time. I searched for you on masstimes.org for Catholic churces in Sharm, it only came up with Churches in Luxor and Cairo as being closest. Have a great trip to a fascinating land!

All very true. I’ve heard tell that there is a Coptic Orthodox Church there which, at least on special feasts, has an arrangement with some Latin-Rite priests and makes its facilities available to them for Mass. That actually makes sense considering that Sharm El-Sheikh is a tourist town and seems to be popular with Western European visitors.

 

[gamesport]

A quick google search seems to say otherwise though.

flickr.com/photos/25367157@N04/2428224749/

or perhaps the church no longer exists?

 

[JC_Nixon]

A quick google search seems to say otherwise though.

flickr.com/photos/25367157@N04/2428224749/

or perhaps the church no longer exists?

I had already googled it, came up with the same church you did, but as you can see there is no pertinent information for said church, since it is just someones picture of ‘a’ church and possibly incorrectly labled.

So I went to masstimes.org and that church is not listed in Sharm, only churches in Cairo and Luxor.

 

[Erica_Rae]

Sorry it’s taken me a while to get back here, but I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who offered me help on finding a Church in Sharm!

I spoke with my priest before I left, and he let me know that attending a Coptic Church would fulfill my Sunday obligation, so that’s what I ended up doing (of course, I didn’t receive communion). The service was really different, and beautiful, and I’m glad I got to go.

But thanks again for all your help!

 

[Dale_M]

I spoke with my priest before I left, and he let me know that attending a Coptic Church would fulfill my Sunday obligation, so that’s what I ended up doing (of course, I didn’t receive communion). The service was really different, and beautiful, and I’m glad I got to go.

From what you say, it sounds as if it were an enriching experience. I’m glad you got to go, too.

I’m a bit surprised that a tourist city which draws so many Europeans wouldn’t have a Catholic church, but then maybe not many of the tourists are Catholic. Or it has to do with the priest shortage. Apparently, a Catholic priest from Cairo flew into Sharm el Sheikh this past Christmas to celebrate mass (which was very nice of him, and the Coptic church which allowed him use of their church), but I don’t think he stuck around.
tripadvisor.com/ShowTopic-g294200-i9124-k2383378-Catholic_Church_Sinai_region-Egypt.html