Category: ALEXANDRIA
The threat posed by religious violence in Egypt
By Editorial 12/5/2011 AMONG THE MORE heartening aspects of the peaceful revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak was the way it brought together people from across ... Read More
At least 6 dead in Egyptian sectarian Violence
By Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Ian Lee, For CNN 8/5/2011 Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — At least six people were killed and 120 injured in sectarian ... Read More
Coptic Christians in Egypt: Standing at the Crossroads
Mirette Bahgat 2011 Atlas Corps Fellow 6/5/2011 On the morning of January, 28th, 2011 — the morning of the “Friday of Anger” protests in Egypt ... Read More
Muslims Protest At Church in Cairo
By Mary Abdelmassih 4-30-2011 (AINA) — Thousands of Muslim demonstrators gathered in front St. Read More
Orthodox Palm Sunday 2011 – Snaps Worldwide
18/4/2011 A Syrian Orthodox Icon depicting the Entry of Jesus Christ to Jerusalem Divine Liturgy at the Alexandrian Patriarchate Patriarchal Blessings to Believers in Russia ... Read More
First Orthodox Monastery In Uganda Established
15/3/2011 On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 13th, the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodoros II, after the Divine Liturgy, accompanied by ... Read More
The Glories of Byzantium
Early sixth-century marble head of the Empress Ariane BYZANTIUM-silo BYZANTIUM-silo 12th-century arm reliquary of St. Theodore Read More
THE EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION
8/3/2011 How the Church reacted When the Egyptian Revolution broke out on 25 January, the Coptic Orthodox Church was still reeling from the effects of ... Read More
Egypt: Minya: Copts protest after governor decides to tear down Church Building
Some 10,000 Copts march against the decision taken by the governor of Minya, southern Egypt, to demolish a five-storey building used a centre for the ... Read More