Diocese of North Sinai

North Sinai from the beginning was part of the Diocese of Jerusalem and the Near East until 1996. It separated from Jerusalem during the time of Pope Shenouda III and H.E. Metropolitan Abraham, Metropolitan of Jerusalem,  with its first Bishop, who is Bishop Makari, as a bishop of all Sinai, and after his passing of July 25, 1996.

On September 9, 2001, Bishop Cosman was ordained as the first bishop of the diocese of North Sinai, and the diocese of the Sinai was divided into the two dioceses: North Sinai and South Sinai.

The area of Baljal, east of the Suez Canal, passing through the area of Jalbana, Rumna, Rabaa, Bir Al-Abd and Al-Arish, and the city of Rafah with a length of 160 km. The most important features, the area of Al-Farma, and it has the area of the seven churches and a cave for the holy family, where the Rafah road of Al-Arish, and even the area of Baljal, is the route of the escape of the holy family to the land of Egypt, and it currently has five churches, the first in the well of the slave in the name of the Virgin St. Mary & St. Abanoub, the second in Al-Ish, in the name of St. Mina and the Pope Cyril, the third in the Al-Safa neighborhood in the name of St. Mary and St. Philopateer, and the fourth is in the downtown area of the country on 23 July Street in the name of the St. George and the fifth in the area of the suburb of peace in the name of the Virgin St. Mary and the Angel Michael, which is the Residence of the Diocese

- General pastoral services, expatriate service, summer spiritual conferences
- The house of the Virgin St. Mary in Al-Masaid and also the residence of expatriate students.
- There is also a house for consecrations and consecration.
- In addition to the services of Sunday schools, summer activities for the maids and the people, and the spiritual days of the services and the people