Category: ALEXANDRIA

Christian family evicted from Egypt town

OCP- March 22, 2012

Mourners and journalists gather for the interment of Pope Shenouda III at the Saint Bishoy monastery in Wadi Natroun, northwest of Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, March ... Read More

Funeral Snaps of Pope Shenouda from Cairo

OCP- March 20, 2012

Thousands of Egyptian Christians stand watch on a giant screen the funeral of late Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church An ... Read More

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

SCAF announces general mourning on Tuesday for Pope Shenouda

obl- March 19, 2012

Mohammed Hussein Tantawi- Chairman of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces Zeinab El Gundy 19/3/2012 Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces ... 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

Copts mourn Pope Shenouda with eyes set on unclear future

OCP- March 18, 2012

19/3/2012 CAIRO: Just hours after his announced death on Saturday, thousands of inconsolable Coptic Christians flocked to the Cairo and Alexandria Cathedrals, uniting to mourn ... Read More

Mourning Pope Shenouda (Snaps)

obl- March 18, 2012

18/3/2012 Egyptian Christian Copts mourn the death of Pope Shenouda III, the 117th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Patriarch of the ... Read More

Obama grieves the death of Egypt’s Coptic Pope

obl- March 18, 2012

18/3/2012 Xinhua U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday that he was saddened by the death of Egypt’s Coptic Pope Shenuda III who died earlier ... Read More

General Congregation to elect three bishops, one of which to succeed Shenouda III

obl- March 18, 2012

18/3/2012 Ahram Online The media advisor of the Egyptian Evangelical Church clarifies the process of choosing the successor of Pope Shenouda III. A General Congregation ... Read More