Tag: Coptic Orthodox

Holy Pentecost Celebrations at Nag Hammdi

OCP- June 13, 2011

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

OCP- June 8, 2011

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

OCP- May 31, 2011

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

OCP- May 29, 2011

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

OCP- May 8, 2011

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

OCP- May 7, 2011

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

OCP- April 30, 2011

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

OCP- April 28, 2011

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

OCP- April 23, 2011

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

OCP- April 13, 2011

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

OCP- April 10, 2011

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

OCP- April 1, 2011

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

OCP- February 8, 2011

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

OCP- January 23, 2011

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

OCP- January 9, 2011

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

OCP- January 5, 2011

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

OCP- January 5, 2011

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

OCP- January 5, 2011

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

OCP- January 4, 2011

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

OCP- January 2, 2011

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

OCP- December 29, 2010

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