Overview
Rogena Raafat
روجينا رأفت
Birth
1968
Martyrdom
11 December 2016
Profession
Homemaker and mother
A gentle woman who loved her home and family, she went to church to attend Sunday liturgy with her young daughter who was injured in the same explosion, while Rogena received the crown of martyrdom immediately.
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