Tag: Arabic Edition

Coptic Church resumes examination of Divorce Requests

OCP- September 23, 2011

Emad Khalil Ragab Ramadan 20/09/2011 The Coptic Orthodox Church’s Clerical Council for Personal Affairs resumed on Tuesday examining requests for divorce submitted by Copts, after ... Read More

Church to sue prime minister over New Year’s Eve church Bombing

OCP- September 7, 2011

Arabic Edition 06/09/2011 The Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria has announced plans to sue Prime Minister Essam Sharaf for failing to reveal who ... Read More

Pope’s sermon ignores Second Marriage Controversy

OCP- July 28, 2011

Emad Khalil 28/07/2011 The head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenouda III, in his weekly sermon on Wednesday ignored Christians' mounting demands for the ... Read More

Two detained in Sohag sectarian Violence

OCP- June 27, 2011

MENA 27/06/2011 Egypt's public prosecution decided on Monday to remand two suspects to custody for four days, pending investigations into their involvement in sectarian clashes ... Read More

Sectarian violence kills 2 in Shubra

OCP- June 27, 2011

27/06/2011 Sectarian clashes between a number of Muslims and Coptic Christians resurfaced in the Fateh district of Shubra al-Kheima on Monday, after two Muslims were ... Read More

Prosecutor questions Coptic priests over church demolition Protest

OCP- November 24, 2010

Sami Abdel Radi 23/11/2010 The Egyptian Public Prosecutor has summoned five priests for questioning following a Coptic demonstration on Monday evening over a demolition order ... Read More

Church takes possession of Saints’ Remains

OCP- August 12, 2010

3/8/2010 Theresa Kamal The Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has handed over the remains of three Coptic saints to the Abu Hanas Coptic church in ... Read More

Bishop ends sit-in over Priest’s missing Wife

OCP- July 23, 2010

By: Saeed Nafea Minya--The bishop of Minya's Dayr Mawas monastery managed to end a sit-in by Coptic activists in front of a local church to ... Read More

ElBaradei visits Church, Prays in Mosque

OCP- June 1, 2010

Marwan Abdel Aziz 31/5/2010 Mohamed ElBaradei, potential candidate in next year's presidential elections, went to the Old Cairo district where he visited the historic hanging ... Read More

Pope Shenouda rejects court decision permitting divorcees to Remarry

OCP- June 1, 2010

01/06/2010 Pope Shenouda III, patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, said he absolutely rejects a recent ruling by the Administrative Court obliging the church to ... Read More