Tag: Arabic Edition
Coptic Church resumes examination of Divorce Requests
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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