Category: ALEXANDRIA

Mourning Copts- More Snaps from the Coptic Church

OCP- January 5, 2011

5/01/2011 Snaps taken after the Bomb Blast at Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, 230 km (140 miles) north of Cairo January 1, 2011. A car ... Read More

Copt Pope appeals for calm in Egypt

OCP- January 5, 2011

4/1/2011 Rania Cairo, Jan 4 (PTI) Egypt”s Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, appealed for calm following the bombing of a ... Read More

ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH BARTHOLOMEW to COPTIC POPE SHENOUDA III

OCP- January 5, 2011

BARTHOLOMEW, by the mercy of God, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch Your Beatitude Shenouda III, Pope and Patriarch of the Coptic Church of ... Read More

Arab press angered by Coptic Church Blast

OCP- January 4, 2011

3/1/2011 The Egyptian press has reacted angrily to the suicide bombing that targeted a Coptic church in Alexandria on New Year’s Day, with several papers ... Read More

Who are Egypt’s Copts, and the Middle East’s other Christian populations?

obl- January 4, 2011

Recent attacks against Christians in Egypt and Iraq have drawn attention to the Middle East’s Christian populations, which are dwindling as Christians flee violence, political ... Read More

Dutch Coptic churches threatened by al-Qaeda

OCP- January 4, 2011

3/01/2011 Three Coptic Orthodox churches in the Netherlands feature on an al-Qaeda list of possible bombing targets, say church spokespeople. The churches in Eindhoven, Utrecht ... Read More

Bomb hits Egypt Church at New Year Liturgy

obl- January 1, 2011

1/1/2011 Bomb hits Egypt Church at New Year Liturgy. At least Seven reported to be Dead Cairo: A car exploded in front of a Coptic ... Read More