Overview
Marina Fahim Helmy
مارينا فهيم حلمي
Birth
1996
Martyrdom
11 December 2016
Profession
Commerce student at Ain Shams University
A young woman full of energy and love, studying at university and participating in church activities. She went to pray with her sister Verenia and they were martyred together in the same moment.
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