[2] Directly after his graduation from the Coptic Theological and Clerical College, in Cairo, in 1942, he joined the Monastery of Saint Anthony the Great, in the Eastern Desert.
In March 1946, he was appointed as a deputy for the Diocese of El Balyana, and served in this capacity until his consecration as Metropolitan Archbishop of Jerusalem.
[1] Immediately after his consecration he began to work tirelessly in improving the conditions for both the resident Copts of the Holy Land, as well as the pilgrims.
[1] In 1952, he began publishing a magazine titled "Saint Mark's Renaissance (Arabic: النهضة المرقسية)".
[1] On March 22, 1956, he died in a train crash on route to Asyut alongside Metropolitan Thomas of Gharbia.