Tag: Coptic Orthodox
Holy Pentecost Celebrations at Nag Hammdi
13/6/2011 OCP Exclusive The Pentecost from St.Virgin Mary & St.Pope Kyrillos VI-Nag Hammdi,Qena-Egypt on Sunday 12th, 2011. Snaps depicting the prostration of the Coptic Orthodox ... Read More
Punchbowl Church displays ancient art’s Modern Mastery
BY VANESSA WATSON 8/6/2011 MICHELANGELO adorned the ceiling of The Vatican’s Sistine Chapel with his masterpieces but you only have to go to Punchbowl to ... Read More
Church awaiting unified law for places of Worship
30/05/2011 The Coptic Orthodox Church has called on the cabinet to present it with the unified law for places of worship once it has been ... Read More
A turning point in Coptic History
29/5/2011 CAIRO - “A revolution will erupt inside the Coptic Orthodox Church. The Copts will denounce its policies,” predicted Mamoun Fandi, the President of Fandi ... Read More
At least 6 dead in Egyptian sectarian Violence
By Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Ian Lee, For CNN 8/5/2011 Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- At least six people were killed and 120 injured in sectarian ... Read More
Coptic Christians in Egypt: Standing at the Crossroads
Mirette Bahgat 2011 Atlas Corps Fellow 6/5/2011 On the morning of January, 28th, 2011 -- the morning of the "Friday of Anger" protests in Egypt ... Read More
General Prosecuter orders Church to deliver Shehata for Questioning
Ahram Online 30/4/2011 The General-Prosecutor has ordered the Coptic Church to deliver Camelia Shehata for questioning. Shehata is the wife of a Coptic priest who ... Read More
Christian group aspires to raise Jesus Awareness
27/42011 By Rida Ahmed Staff Writer Fifty Coptic Orthodox Fellowship members hosted a miniature carnival with a Christian angle on Tuesday to celebrate "Jesus Awareness ... Read More
Good Friday Ceremony in Egypt – Exclusive Snaps
23/4/2011 OCP Exclusive Snaps of the Good Friday ceremony held Nag Hammadi City in Qena, Egypt on Friday.22 April 2011 (Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria) ... Read More
Pope Met with Palestinian President
13/4/2011 Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria Shenouda III meets with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas at the Abassiya headquarters in Cairo on April ... Read More
Pope Shenouda back at Cathedral, in stable health Condition
7/4/2011 Pope Shenouda III, the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch's bout of ill health is not serious, say doctors. Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria has returned to ... Read More
Mental Health Services In Community
Bethany Firnhaber 31/3/2011 When Father James Soliman was first ordained as a priest for the Coptic Orthodox Church in Los Angeles, he knew it would ... Read More
Egyptian Christians fear uprising could increase Persecution
2/2/2011 At a Coptic Orthodox church in Miramar, Egyptian Christians fear that the uprising in their homeland may lead to more anti-Christian persecution. BY JAWEED ... Read More
Church Calls on Copts to Boycott Day of Rage
23/1/2011 The Coptic Orthodox Church has called on all Copts to abstain from taking part in the scheduled protest on January 25 alleging that the ... Read More
Egypt Press: Coptic Christmas, church bombing and its Aftermath
By Mohamed Abdel Salam 9/1/2011 CAIRO: Egypt`s press last week focused on the bombing of a church in Alexandria which killed 23 and injured 100. ... Read More
Mourning Copts- More Snaps from the Coptic Church
5/01/2011 Snaps taken after the Bomb Blast at Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, 230 km (140 miles) north of Cairo January 1, 2011. A car ... Read More
Egypt reinforces security in anticipation of Coptic Christmas
4/1/2011 CAIRO - The Egyptian security forces were on heightened alert in the vicinity of churches for the celebrations of the Coptic Orthodox Christmas on ... Read More
Copt Pope appeals for calm in Egypt
4/1/2011 Rania Cairo, Jan 4 (PTI) Egypt''s Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, appealed for calm following the bombing of a ... Read More
Egyptian Orthodox leader says Muslims expressed sympathy after Bombing
3/1/2011 By Doreen Abi Raad Catholic News Service BEIRUT (CNS) -- An Egyptian Orthodox leader said he had received many messages of support from Muslims ... Read More
“After the Bombing” – Snaps from the Coptic Orthodox Church
2/1/2011 Snaps taken after the Bomb Blast at Coptic Orthodox church in Alexandria, 230 km (140 miles) north of Cairo January 1, 2011. A car ... Read More
Coptic prayer service held at St. Vartan Cathedral
27/12/2010 New York - In light of a recent spate of violence and persecution against Christians in Egypt, members of the Coptic Orthodox Church of ... Read More