Pope Tawadros II, the Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, inaugurated on Sunday a 44-storey skyscraper in the heart of Melbourne developed by the Coptic Orthodox Church in Australia. The new skyscraper, named the Eporo Tower, includes a large and impeccably decorated church, a bookstore, a dining hall, conference rooms, facilities for a theological college, and residential apartments. During the inauguration of the $90 million development, Pope Tawadros II praised the efforts of the Coptic community in Australia and expressed great admiration for the new tower. “This is a new page in the history of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Australia,” said Pope Tawadros II at the new church in the Eporo Tower, which was developed as part of a collaboration between the Church in Australia and Singaporean investment company Ho Bee. “This is our joy and our happiness. This new page is a page for love, peace, and joy.” The opening of the Eporo Tower, which means King of Peace, comes 50 years after the Coptic Orthodox Church was founded in Australia. Today, the Coptic community in Australia is the third largest in the world – after Egypt and…
Pope Tawadros II Inaugurates Multimillion Dollar Skyscraper in Melbourne
September 11, 2017
