The museum is open from 9am to 5pm daily. Admission is free for the church is still operative. Coptic Mass is held on Friday and Sunday from 8 to 11 am. In Arabic it s known as keneeset Mary Girgis. The interior is damaged from the 1992 October earthquake and from various fires, but some of the stained glass windows are still worth seeing.
Admission is free, for the church is operative.
There is also a monastery next to the church, however it is also in use and is not open for the public. St. Barbara The St. Sergius church, also called Abu Serga, is supposedly built on the site where the Holy family stayed during their flee from King Herod. Once a year, sometime in June, a special mass is held to celebrate the event. The church is open from 8am to 5pm daily and admission is free. Nearby is the church of St. Barbara, who was beaten to death by her father, for trying to convert him to Christianity.