Tens of thousands of Copts say goodbye to Pope who ‘safely guided ship’
18/3/2012 Mostafa Ali Streams of grieving Egyptian Copts have started on Saturday to descend on country’s main cathedral in Cairo to start 3-day period of bidding beloved Shenouda III farewell, looking ahead to a stormy future. The main cathedral for Egypt’s 12 million Copts in the Abbassiya district of Cairo had been taken over by thousands of mourning Christians by the early evening hours of Saturday. A steady stream of groups of hundreds of new comers made its way to the Orthodox Cathedral from all four directions as the night progressed.
18/3/2012 Mostafa Ali Streams of grieving Egyptian Copts have started on Saturday to descend on country’s main cathedral in Cairo to start 3-day period of bidding beloved Shenouda III farewell, looking ahead to a stormy future. The main cathedral for Egypt’s 12 million Copts in the Abbassiya district of Cairo had been taken over by thousands of mourning Christians by the early evening hours of Saturday. A steady stream of groups of hundreds of new comers made its way to the Orthodox Cathedral from all four directions as the night progressed.
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Tens of thousands of Copts say goodbye to Pope who ‘safely guided ship’
