Coptic Christians celebrate Easter without Pope Shenouda

Pope Shenouda’s III died on March 17, leaving the Coptic community without its well-loved and active leader. (Reuters) By CLAIRE READ AL ARABIYA CAIRO 17/4/2012 Coptic Christians celebrate gathered to celebrate Easter but this year’s celebrations have been more subdued out of respect for Pope Shenouda’s III passing. Easter Sunday festivities were canceled and the Saturday night vigil from the Coptic cathedral was not projected in the streets outside the other churches of Cairo has previously been the case