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Pope Gabriel VIII of Alexandria 97th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.He was originally from Meer Egypt and his lay name was Shenouda. He became monk in the Monastery of Saint Pishoy in Scetes. He was ordained on Sunday 16 Paoni 1303 A.M. (June 20 1587 AD). The enthronement celebration was headed by Avva Zacharias Bishop of Jerusalem and Avva Kyrellos El-Khiami in the Church of Saint Mercurius in Old Cairo.

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