Snaps From the Coptic Church

Pope Shenouda III, 86 years-old, the 117th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St. Mark (C) poses with Coptic archbishops after their meeting in Cairo on June 8, 2010 at Abbassiya Cathedral of Saint Marcos to refuse the high administrative court verdict allowing a Copt to get married for the second time. Divorce is forbidden by the Coptic church except in proven cases of adultery, or if a spouse converts to another religion or branch of Christianity. Civil marriage alone is not recognised in Egypt

Pope Shenouda III (C), 86-years-old, the 117th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St. Mark, talks during a press conference after a meeting with 81 Coptic archbishops who refused the high administrative court verdict to allow Copts to marry for the second time in Cairo on June 8, 2010 at the Abbassiya Cathedral of Saint Marcos

Pope Shenouda III, 86 years-old, the 117th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St. Mark shows a signed document by 82 Coptic archbishops refusing the high administrative court verdict allowing for Copts to get marriage for the second time during a press conference after their meeting in Cairo on June 8, 2010 at Abbassiya Cathedral of Saint Marcos

Pope Shenouda III (C), 86 years-old, the 117th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St. Mark, gives a press conference stating the church's refusal of the high administrative court verdict to allow Copts to get marriage for the second time following their meeting in Cairo on June 8, 2010, at the Abbassiya Cathedral of Saint Marcos

Pope Shenouda III (C), 86 years-old, the 117th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St. Mark stands poses with Coptic archbishops for a photograph after they refused the high administrative court verdict to allow Copts to get marriage for the second time following their meeting in Cairo on June 8, 2010, at the Abbassiya Cathedral of Saint Marcos