Category: ALEXANDRIA
Pope criticizes Mubarak for handling of Sectarianism
Emad Khalil 11/07/2011 The head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church on Monday slammed former President Hosni Mubarak’s regime for the way it handled sectarian issues, ... Read More
Egyptian Muslim Ring Uses Sexual Coercion to Convert Christian Girls: Report
Jackline Ibrahim Fakhry By Mary Abdelmassih 7-13-2011 AINA (AINA) — The number of Christian girls abducted and coerced into converting to Islam since the Egyptian ... Read More
DECORATION OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE AMBASSADOR OF CYPRUS BY HIS BEATITUDE
03/07/2011 On 2nd July 2011, at the Holy Church of ST George in Old Cairo, His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and ... Read More
Recapturing Babylon
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 23 – 29 June 2011 Issue No. 1053 Special Babylon of Egypt: The Archaeology of Old Cairo ... Read More
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria
14.06.2011 On June 13, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations, paid a visit to the residence of Patriarch ... Read More
Holy Pentecost Celebrations at Nag Hammdi
13/6/2011 OCP Exclusive The Pentecost from St.Virgin Mary & St.Pope Kyrillos VI-Nag Hammdi,Qena-Egypt on Sunday 12th, 2011. Snaps depicting the prostration of the Coptic Orthodox ... Read More
Former Egyptian Interior Minister Accused of Collusion in Alexandria Church Bombing
Former Interior Minister Habib El Adly By Mary Abdelmassih 6-4-2011 (AINA) — The Egyptian attorney general has reopened the investigation into the bombing of the ... Read More
Praying With Icons: A Short History of Icons – Excerpt
By Jim Forest 18/5/2011 Visit Jim and Nancy Forest’s website here Here follows an extract from Praying With Icons by Jim Forest, published by Orbis ... Read More
Egyptian church calls on Copts to abandon Protest
16/5/2011 CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Pope Shenouda, head of the Orthodox Coptic church, called on Christians to abandon a demonstration against attacks on their community ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Honors Batak Martyrs for 1st Time
16/5/2011 The holy relics of the Bulgarian Batak martyrs will be taken out of the Sveta Nedeliya church in the town for the first time ... Read More