Monday:

5:30am to 8:00am

Tuesday:

11:30am to 2:00pm

5:00pm to 7:00pm

Wednesday:

11:30am to 2:00pm

Thursday:

11:30am to 2:00pm

5:00pm to 7:00pm

Friday:

11:30am to 2:00pm

Liturgy of the Nativity

is from 7:00PM to 11:00PM

6th January

St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church London

At least 21 dead and more than 70 injured after bomb explodes outside Coptic church in Alexandria

A man observes the scene of the bomb blast from within the Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt.

Photograph: Ben Curtis/AP

At least 21 people have been killed and more than 70 injured in Egypt in a suspected suicide bombing outside a church in Alexandria as worshippers left a new year service.

It was initially thought a car bomb had caused the explosion just after midnight at the Coptic orthodox al-Qidiseen church. But the interior ministry suggested a foreign-backed suicide bomber may have been responsible.

Official Press Release of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom

regarding the New Year's Eve at the Church of Saints Mark and Peter in Alexandria

We are deeply saddened and disturbed that once again, days of joy and celebration have been turned into a time of mourning and weeping. Our immediate thoughts and prayers are with all those who were affected by the bombing at the Church of Saints Mark and Peter in Alexandria: those who have lost their lives, their families, those who were injured, members of that parish, Christian communities in general, and Christians throughout the land of Egypt.

This was a time when Christians went as families to pray in the safety of the house of God. Men, women, children and the elderly gathered together in prayer for a happy and peaceful new year. Instead, they became the innocent victims of a most horrific, callus and cowardly act of terror and violence.