Tag: israel

Pope Shenouda III: Four decades of Coptic history

OCP- March 20, 2012

An Egyptian Christian woman grieves as she holds a poster of late Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt's ... Read More

Charismatic Pope Shenouda ushered Coptic Church into wider world

OCP- March 19, 2012

Egyptian Christians gather to mourn the death of Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, outside the Abbasiya Cathedral in Cairo March ... Read More

Martyrs of Terrorist Blasts Escorted to Final Resting Place

OCP- March 19, 2012

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

How Pope Shenouda kept country calm

OCP- March 18, 2012

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

ADIEU TO OUR BELOVED AND EVER LOVING PAPA SHENOUDA III

obl- March 17, 2012

POPE SHENOUDA III - The 117th Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Apostolic See of Saint Mark the Evangelist ... Read More

Historian: Israel safest place in Mideast for Christians

obl- March 13, 2012

Ryan Jones 13/3/2012 The steep drop in the number of Christians living in the Palestinian Authority-controlled territories is often blamed on Israel. But Middle East ... Read More

Greek Patriarch denies negotiations over monastery

OCP- March 10, 2012

His Beatitude Theophilos III - Patriarch of Jerusalem DFWATCH STAFF 10/3/2012 TBILISI, DFWatch – Theophilos III, the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, is unfamiliar with ... Read More

Arab Christians need to feel secure

obl- March 7, 2012

A file photo shows Iraqis pray during the Christmas Eve mass at St Joseph’s Chaldean church in Baghdad By Joseph A. Kechichian, Special to Gulf ... Read More

New find revives ‘Jesus Tomb’ flap

OCP- February 28, 2012

One of the designs etched on a bone box found within a 1st-century Jerusalem tomb suggests the biblical story of Jonah and the fish, which ... Read More

Writing on the wall: Israel and its Christians

OCP- February 22, 2012

By DAVID ROSENBERG / THE MEDIA LINE/ 02/21/2012 Jerusalem church points to negative attitudes among many Jews. A day after it was discovered on the ... Read More