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Coptic Orthodox Church
Diocese of Melbourne & Affiliated Regions
Parish of St. Mary and St. Athanasius

🙏 Church & Building Donations 🙏

We are deeply grateful for your generosity and continued support.

Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.” – 2 Corinthians 9:7

(2 كو 9: 7)”كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ كَمَا يَنْوِي بِقَلْبِهِ، لَيْسَ عَنْ حُزْنٍ أَوِ اضْطِرَارٍ. لأَنَّ الْمُعْطِيَ الْمَسْرُورَ يُحِبُّهُ اللهُ.” 

يمكنكم تحويل المبلغ المراد التبرع به عن طريق الانترنت الى حساب الكنيسة

Please use the details below when making a donation:

• 💒 General Church Account 03-0830-0288808-000
• 🏛️ Church Construction Projects Account 03-0830-0288808-025

🔑 Important:

• Please include your name and a reference with every donation.
• Use the same reference each time – this will help us prepare your year-end receipts easily.
  God bless your generosity!

If you have any questions, please contact Michael Mansour on 02102223201

General Enquiry:
Church priest Father Barsom Ibrahim
Email: Abouna.barsom@gmail.com
Mobile: +64 022 245 5014

Church Treasurer: Michael Mansour
Email: accounts@stmary-stathanasius.net

New Church Building

“Your House, O Lord, I Love”

For many of us in the Christchurch Area, St. Mary and St. Athanasius mean more to us than just a building. St. Mary and St. Athanasius is humble, warm, caring, and full of amazing family and friends, and our loving priest. St.Mary and St. Athanasius IS OUR HOME.

St.Mary and St. Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Church is currently under construction.

St.Mary and St. Athanasius is designed to make a Coptic (Egyptian) iconic landmark structure. This building design combines the historical heritage architectural style and the modern design that utilises seismic resistant structure and modern compliant materials with the current New Zealand code.  

On the architectural side, the new building utilises columns, arches, barrel-vaulted roofs, and dome structure which is a unique style for the Coptic Church.

The construction of this building is made over three stages:

The first stage is almost complete with a few remaining elements to be finalised. The first stage includes the major structural part of the church which covers the foundation, walls, roof steel and domes structure and it will cost the church a sum of 1.7 million dollars covered entirely from church donations.

The second stage will cover the completion of the roof structure, Civil works: plumbing, electricity, floor slab, and ramps.

The third stage will cover the final finishing of plastering, painting, doors, windows, furniture, carpets, lights, etc.