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== Veneration == Athanasius was originally buried in Alexandria, but his remains were later transferred to the [[San Zaccaria, Venice|Chiesa di San Zaccaria]] in [[Venice]], Italy. During [[Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria|Pope Shenouda III]]'s visit to Rome (4β10 May 1973), [[Pope Paul VI]] gave the Coptic Patriarch a [[relic]] of Athanasius,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://metroplit-bishoy.org/files/Dialogues/Catholics/ICTD.doc |title=Metropolitan Bishoy of Damiette |access-date=25 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220124827/http://metroplit-bishoy.org/files/Dialogues/Catholics/ICTD.doc |archive-date=20 February 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> which he brought back to Egypt on 15 May.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avarewase.org/en/map/athanas.htm |title=Saint Athanasius |publisher=Avarewase.org |access-date=25 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130625064046/http://www.avarewase.org/en/map/athanas.htm |archive-date=25 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{self-published source|date=May 2022}}</ref>{{self-published source|date=May 2022}} The relic is currently preserved under the new [[Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral]] in [[Cairo]]. However, the majority of Athanasius's corpse remains in the Venetian church.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Johnsanidopoulos.com |title=The Incorrupt Relics of Saint Athanasios the Great |url= http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2010/05/incorrupt-relics-of-saint-athanasios.html |access-date=2 May 2014 }}{{self-published source|date=May 2022}}</ref>{{self-published source|date=May 2022}} All major Christian denominations which officially recognize saints venerate Athanasius. Western Christians observe his [[Calendar of saints|feast day]] on 2 May, the anniversary of his death. The [[Catholic Church]] considers Athanasius a [[Doctor of the Church]].<ref name="Doctors" /> For Coptic Christians, his feast day is Pashons 7 (now circa 15 May). Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendars remember Athanasius on 18 January.<ref name=PRAVOSLAVIE>[http://orthochristian.com/calendar/20180118.html January 18/January 31]. Orthodox Calendar (Pravoslavie.ru).</ref> Athanasius is honored on the liturgical calendars of the [[Calendar of saints (Church of England)|Church of England]] and the [[Calendar of saints (Episcopal Church)|Episcopal Church]] on 2 May.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Calendar |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/worship-texts-and-resources/common-worship/churchs-year/calendar |access-date=27 March 2021 |website=The Church of England |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W3e7DwAAQBAJ |title=Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018 |date=2019 |publisher=Church Publishing, Inc. |isbn=978-1-64065-234-7 |language=en}}</ref> [[Gregory of Nazianzus]] (330β390, also a Doctor of the Church), said: "When I praise Athanasius, virtue itself is my theme: for I name every virtue as often as I mention him who was possessed of all virtues. He was the true pillar of the Church. His life and conduct were the rule of bishops, and his doctrine the rule of the orthodox faith."<ref name="Clifford1930" /> <gallery widths="200px" heights="200px"> Tomb of Zaccaria and Saint Athanasius.jpg|Tomb of Saint Zaccaria and Saint Athanasius in [[Venice]] StAthanasiusShrineinStMarkCathedralCairo.jpg|Athanasius's Shrine (where a portion of his [[relic]]s are preserved) under [[Coptic Cathedral|St. Mark's Cathedral]], [[Cairo]] Sant'Atanasio Bellante 2007.JPG|Procession of a statue at [[Bellante, Abruzzo|Bellante]] </gallery>
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