In troubled Egypt, Copts turn to beloved saint

By  HAMZA HENDAWI Associated Press 16/11/2012 MAR GIRGIS MONASTERY, Egypt – There was no mention of churches torched or Christians killed, but the prayer neatly written on a tiny piece of paper and placed atop an icon of St. George  in the chapel of a desert monastery left no doubt about the growing fear and despair of Egypt’s Coptic Christians.

By  HAMZA HENDAWI Associated Press 16/11/2012 MAR GIRGIS MONASTERY, Egypt – There was no mention of churches torched or Christians killed, but the prayer neatly written on a tiny piece of paper and placed atop an icon of St. George  in the chapel of a desert monastery left no doubt about the growing fear and despair of Egypt’s Coptic Christians.

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In troubled Egypt, Copts turn to beloved saint

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