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CAIRO, Jan. 6 -- EgyptianPresidentAbdel-Fattahal-SisiattendedonSaturdayeveningtheCopticChristmasEvecelebrationheldatanew, partly-openedcathedralinthecountry'snewadministrativecapitalcityeasternCairo.
"ThispartialopeningofthecathedralisaveryimportantmessageofpeaceandlovenotonlytoEgyptiansbuttothewholeworld," saidtheEgyptianpresidentinhisremarksatthecathedralairedonthestateTV.
Thenewunfinishedcathedral, namedtheNativityofChrist, issaidtobethelargestintheMiddleEastregion.
"Weloveyou. Weareoneunitedpeopleandnoonecaneverdivideus," SisitoldthecheeringCoptsaheadoftheChristmasMassthatisrarelyheldoutsidethemainSt. Mark'sCathedralinCairo.
Coptsconstitutetoabout 10 percentofEgypt's 100-millionpopulationandmostofEgypt'sCoptsbelongtotheCopticOrthodoxChurch, whichcelebratesChristmasonJan. 7.
Sisi'sremarkscameamidawaveofanti-Copticchurchterroristattacksthatkilledoverahundredsincelate 2016, withmostofthemclaimedbyaSinai-basedterroristgrouployaltotheregionalIslamicState (IS) group.
Inlate 2017, aterroristshootoutoutsideachurchsouthernCairokilledatleast 10 people, includingapolicemanandoneofthetwoperpetrators.
InlateMay 2017, theISclaimedresponsibilityforshootingdeadatleast 30 CoptsheadingtovisitamonasteryonthedeserthighwayinUpperEgypt'sMinyaProvince.
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