– He was the head of the Monastery of Shahran (Currently Monastery of Abba Barsoum the Naked) before he was ordained Patriarch
– Severe persecutions occurred against Christians in his days, and many churches were closed in Old Cairo, Cairo, and the provinces
– He was the last Pope to reside in the Church of Abee Seifin, and he moved the papal residence to the Church of the Virgin in Haret Zuweila
