Category: RIA

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Martyrs of Terrorist Blasts Escorted to Final Resting Place

19/3/2012 DAMASCUS, (SANA) – In a solemn official and popular procession, the martyrs of the two terrorist blasts which occurred in Damascus on Saturday were ... Read More

Bombings kill 30 in Syria as Christian districts targeted

One of the buildings damaged by the explosion (Photo distributed by SANA) MICHAEL JANSEN 19/3/2012 A CAR bomber yesterday targeted a security headquarters in a ... Read More

Relics of saint to be installed in Ahmedabad church

St.Gregorious of India - The Canonized Indian Saint 19/3/2012 Indian Orthodox Church The mortal remains of Saint Gregorios, the first native saint of India, will ... Read More

ALEXANDRIA

How Pope Shenouda kept country calm

By Francis Matthew, Editor at Large 19/3/2012 Dubai: At midnight on Christmas Eve in 1985, the atmosphere in St Marks Cathedral in central Cairo was ... Read More

ALEXANDRIA

Copts mourn Pope Shenouda with eyes set on unclear future

19/3/2012 CAIRO: Just hours after his announced death on Saturday, thousands of inconsolable Coptic Christians flocked to the Cairo and Alexandria Cathedrals, uniting to mourn ... Read More

Coptic Church

Coptic fears, Coptic hopes

obl - March 18, 2012

18/3/2012 Dina Ezzat After the death of Pope Shenouda, some Copts look to the future with trepidation, others believe it is an opportunity to rectify ... Read More

Coptic Orthodox Church

Update:More Snaps From Cairo as hundred thousands pay their last respect to Papa Shenouda

18/3/2012 Egyptian Christians gather to mourn the death of Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, outside the Abassiya Cathedra in Cairo ... Read More

Coptic Church

Pope Shenouda will be laid to rest on Tuesday

18/3/2012 Cairo: It has been decided by the special session of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Church that Pope Shenouda will be laid to ... Read More