The cathedral is located close to the Marriott Hotel in Zamalek, a residential area of the city that sits on an island in the middle of the River Nile.
[1][2] The cathedral compound also houses the Diocesan and Bishop's offices and projects and services – including the Diocese NGO EpiscoCare and Refuge Egypt, which serves Cairo's refugee communities.
The church is constructed in concrete and was designed in the shape of a cross at ground level and a crown at the top.
Its roof is visible around Zamalek and was described by the Cairo Observer as reminiscent of a lotus flower.
It was designed by Egyptian architects Dr. Awad Kamel and Selim Kamel, who also created the design for Cairo's Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Cathedral of Abbasiya).