Category: NY

Charismatic Pope Shenouda ushered Coptic Church into wider world

OCP- March 19, 2012

Egyptian Christians gather to mourn the death of Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, outside the Abbasiya Cathedral in Cairo March ... Read More

SYRIA OPPOSITION TARGETS CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY: Christians Expelled from Homs by “Opposition” Al Qaeda Gunmen

OCP- March 19, 2012

Global Research 19/3/2012 Al-Haqiqa (translated fromm Arabic) Armed men from the Faruq Brigade have succeeded in expelling most of the Christians of Homs and have ... Read More

Martyrs of Terrorist Blasts Escorted to Final Resting Place

OCP- March 19, 2012

19/3/2012 DAMASCUS, (SANA) – In a solemn official and popular procession, the martyrs of the two terrorist blasts which occurred in Damascus on Saturday were ... 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

Coptic fears, Coptic hopes

obl- March 18, 2012

18/3/2012 Dina Ezzat After the death of Pope Shenouda, some Copts look to the future with trepidation, others believe it is an opportunity to rectify ... Read More

Pope Shenouda will be laid to rest on Tuesday

OCP- March 18, 2012

18/3/2012 Cairo: It has been decided by the special session of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Church that Pope Shenouda will be laid to ... Read More

Ancient traditions to guide selection of new Coptic pope

obl- March 18, 2012

18/3/2012 As all of Egypt mourns the passing of the Coptic patriarch, the wheels of tradition will soon start moving to elected a new pope ... Read More

Tens of thousands of Copts say goodbye to Pope who ‘safely guided ship’

obl- March 18, 2012

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 ... Read More

ADIEU TO OUR BELOVED AND EVER LOVING PAPA SHENOUDA III

obl- March 17, 2012

POPE SHENOUDA III - The 117th Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Apostolic See of Saint Mark the Evangelist ... Read More