Saint Mary Church, Masarra is not only the oldest one in shoubra, but it is also considered as a leading church in many services:

 1. The first church in shoubra which celebrates the new year eve cermony (on 31 Dec. 1960)
 2. The first church in Shoubra which teaches the scolar lessons for students.
 3. The first church in Shoubra which distributes a spiritual book for rebated price 50% monthly.
 4. The first church which the minister Nazeer Gayed Rafaeel “ H.H.Pope Shenouda 3” breaches in. He also served as a minister a long time in El Nahda El Rouhiya Coptic association in Masarra.
 5. The first and the only church that is administrated by H.H.Pope Shenouda III as the chief of its board of directors (since 1978).