Early Life

His name before ordination: Deacon Doctor Basem Lamei Ashamallah. was born in Cairo on 11 March 1962.His mother and father also held positions in the church. Before his ordination Daoud, together with his brother and sister, served in Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church in Heliopolis. He completed his Sunday School Preparatory studies in 1978. He then started serving in the church’s Sunday Schools firstly by teaching children, first of primary school age, then preparatory school age and finally of secondary school age. Subsequently, he was appointed as Deputy Superintendent of the Pre-Servants Preparation course while at the same time serving in the Saint Stephen’s Medical Church Group, which was founded by students in the Faculty of Medicine, and supervised by Bishop Moussa. He played music as a recreation. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in 1985,^[1] then served in the Graduate Physicians’ Meeting. He received his Dermatology Masters degree in 1990, and worked as a dermatologist for 13 years. Then joined the army as a Reserve Officer in 1987 where he remained for two and a half years.