Overview
Damiana Ameer
دميانة أمير
Birth
1994
Martyrdom
11 December 2016
Profession
University student at the Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University
A flower in the prime of her life, she was a serving, quiet, and academically outstanding young woman. She regularly attended church with her family and received the crown of martyrdom at a young age while praying.
Event
Martyrs of the Church of Saint Peter
11 December 2016 · Egypt
During the Christmas Fast liturgy, a suicide bomber detonated himself inside the Church of Saint Peter (Anba Rouis Church) adjacent to the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbassia, Cairo, with an explosive vest weighing approximately 12 kilograms. The bombing killed 29 people, the majority of them women, and injured more than 31 others. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, which was the first to target this church in its history.
Church
Church of Saint Peter (Anba Rouis Church)
Adjacent to the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Abbassia district, Cairo