Tag: Coptic Orthodox
St.Mary Icon Weeping Holy Oil at St.Mary Coptic Orthodox Church, Ain Shams-Cairo Egypt
Fr. Youhanna Fayz Special Courtesy: Antonios Ramzi 21/12/2011 +God has a glory in His saints, is declare that God does not leave his sons in ... Read More
Vigil 4 Peace remembers 27 young lives lost in Egypt
2/11/2011 The Coptic Orthodox Church is hosting a Vigil 4 Peace on November 4 in Federation Square to commemorate the young lives lost on October ... Read More
Egypt Pope orders first post-revolution count of Christian Population
Nada Hussein Rashwan 31/10/2011 A census to be conducted by the Coptic church will be its first to tally Christians from all denominations in Egypt ... Read More
Egypt: Coptic Bishop: “Christians are currently experiencing their worst time in recent centuries”
31/10/2011 ACN News: Monday, 31st October 2011 – Egypt Bishop Anba Stephanos (Orthodox Coptic) of Beba and Elfashn Coptic Bishop: “Christians are currently experiencing their ... Read More
2011 Oriental Orthodox Con-Celebrated Liturgy
30/10/2011 SCOOCH Concelebration Scheduled for November,2011 The Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches (SCOOCH) in the United States has scheduled a concelebration of the Divine ... Read More
Local Coptic Christians Pray for Peace in Egypt
By Aby Thomas 23/10/2011 Coptic Christians in Brooklyn have come together at the Coptic Orthodox Church of St. George, nicknamed “the Ellis Island of the ... Read More
Pope Shenouda to meet families of Maspero Victims
20/10/2011 The head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenouda III, will meet Thursday with the families of Coptic protesters killed on 9 October during ... Read More
Pope calls on SCAF to release Maspero Detainees
Emad Khalil 16/10/2011 Pope Shenouda III has demanded the release of all those detained during the violence that took place outside the Maspero building, said ... Read More
Coptic Orthodox Church: Christian faith rejects Violence
10/10/2011 The Coptic Orthodox Church said it was shocked by the violence outside the Maspero television building on Sunday 9/10/2011 in which a large number ... Read More
Copts congregate at cathedral ahead of victims’ funeral
Ahmed Zaki Osman 10/10/2011 Thousands of Copts protested against the ruling military council on Monday, after violence Sunday night left 24 killed during a march, ... Read More
Egypt: desire for divorce drives Coptic-Muslim Tensions
30/9/2011 A desire for divorce is the cause of much of the tension between Muslims and Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt, according to a newly ... Read More
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
120 Coptic Christians leave Orthodox Church over divorce, remarriage laws
Emad Khalil 18/09/2011 The Coptic Orthodox Church in Egypt has received more than 120 individual notices from Coptic Christians informing the Church that they have ... Read More
Egyptian Copts to leave denomination in protest over Remarriage
Sarah Carr 15/09/201 In what they described as an “unprecedented” step in the history of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, a group of Coptic Christians on ... Read More
Coptic Church renews calls to investigate Alexandria Church Bombing
28/08/2011 Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria renewed demands Saturday for authorities to reveal who planned the bombing of the Two Saints Church that ... 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
Church source: Church seeking unified personal status law to avoid Conflict
23/07/2011 The Coptic Orthodox Church is seeking to have the unified personal status law for non-Muslims passed as soon as possible, officials sources from the ... Read More
Alexandria church leaders threaten protests over ‘slow’ investigations
16/07/2011 The Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria threatened protests in response to what it described as the slow pace of investigations into the church bombing ... Read More
The Politics Behind Egyptian Christian Anti-Semitism
Ashraf Ramelah 15/7/2011 Bishop Musa, Coptic Bishop of Youth in Egypt, stated in a recent interview with Egyptian magazine Rosa le-Youssef (June 15, issue #1827), ... Read More
Coptic protesters call for a relaxation of divorce Regulations
Sarah Carr 07/07/2011 A group of Egyptian Copts protested in Cairo on Thursday, demanding the annulment of Church-sanctioned divorce regulations, and calling instead for civil ... Read More
Row over places of Egypt worship bill
By Samar Ali Ezzat - The Egyptian Gazette 18/6/2011 CAIRO - A unified bill for building places of worship remained an unfulfilled wish under the ... Read More