Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese launched three new alters at the St. Mary The Virgin Coptic Orthodox Church in Amsterdam on Thursday.

The three alters are of Saint Arsenios, Saint Moses the Black and Saint Menas the Martyr.

Pope Tawadros arrived in The Netherlands on April 30, the first-leg of a pastoral tour in Europe that will take him to France and Austria.