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. “Oh Lord, for the sake of all the saints of the church, raise high the banner of the cross and vanquish our enemies, the enemies of the church,” it read