Tag: Egypt
Appeal from OCP Coptic Delegate
OCP News Service - 16/813 My Dear Fathers, Brothers, Sisters &friends We as Egyptians need to send a message to the Whole World. I am requesting ... Read More
Egyptian Protesters Turn Fury on Coptic Christians
Ben Gittleson - 16/8/13 The Islamic supporters of Egypt’s ousted president who have been battling the military have turned their rage on members of the ... Read More
Presidential Advisor Says Attacks on Christian Copts an Attempt to Disrupt Egyptian Unity
MidEast Christian News - 15/8/13 Dr. Sekina Fouad, a journalist and presidential advisor for women's affairs, has denounced the attacks being made on churches and Christian ... Read More
In Egypt, Media Sympathizes with Muslim Brotherhood, Persecution of Christians Ignored
Raymond Ibrahim - 15/8/13 While Western media, following the lead of pro-Brotherhood Al Jazeera, continue demonizing the Egyptian military’s attempts to neutralize the Muslim Brotherhood terror ... Read More
The Dangerous Life of Christianity in Egypt
Kathryn Jean Lopez - 15/8/13 Samuel Tadros is a research fellow at the Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom and author of the new book Motherland ... Read More
‘Peaceful’ Brotherhood Protesters Torching Coptic Christian Churches
Andrew C. McCarthy - 15/8/13 In the familiar pattern, the Western media are focused on the military raids against Islamic supremacists in Egypt but ignoring the ... Read More
Egypt’s Coptic Christians dread further backlash
By Caroline Wyatt BBC News, Cairo - 15/8/13 As tensions rise again in Egypt, the country's Christians are dreading a further backlash. The Coptic Orthodox ... Read More
Muslim Brotherhood and Morsi supporters torch Egyptian churches
BENJAMIN WEINTHAL - 15/8/13 Anti-Coptic violence taking place within "a general culture of impunity," Canadian MP Irwin Cotler says. Islamic supporters of Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed ... Read More
Massive Church Destruction in Egypt
Gary Lane CBN News Senior International Reporter 15/8/13 What do Muslim Brotherhood members do when Egyptian Security Forces launch a forewarned operation to clear them ... Read More
Morsi Supporters Attack Coptic Churches in Sohag, Menya and Dilg
The Good Shepherd Church, Suze Sohag St. George church attacked by Morsi supporters (Mostafa Hussein) St. Tadros church in Minia A photo of St. George ... Read More
Coptic church head Pope Tawadros urges self-restraint in face of Egypt sectarian violence
14/8/13 (JNS.org) The head of Egypt’s Coptic church, Pope Tawadros II, urged the Egyptian people to prevent bloodshed and violence in the face of growing sectarian ... Read More
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Coptic Church: Constitution’s Sharia provisions not at odds with civil state
Mounir Adib - 14/8/13 A controversy has accompanied the formation of the 50-member panel tasked with amending the Egyptian constitution after the 30 June uprising. While ... Read More
The Captives In Syria
Rod Dreher - 12/8/13 Michael Peppard writes about his acquaintance Fr. Paolo Dall’Oglio, a Jesuit priest gone missing in Syria. Prior to the war, Fr. Paolo’s ... Read More
Egypt’s Coptic Pope concerned over risks of attacks
10/8/13 - John McManus A bishop in Egypt's Coptic Church says Pope Tawadros II has cancelled weekly public meetings due to concerns over possible attacks on ... Read More
Coptic Christian Girl Shot Dead in Egypt
Middle East Correspondent - 10/8/13 CAIRO, Egypt, August 9, 2013 (Morning Star News) – A Coptic Christian girl walking home from a Bible class ... Read More
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord at Caraiman Monastery
On 6 August 2013, the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates the Transfiguration of the Lord. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, celebrated the Divine Liturgy ... Read More
Orthodox Church denies assassination attempt on Pope Tawadros
MENA- 3/8/13 Egypt's Orthodox Church denied that an attempt to assassinate Pope Tawadros II had been thwarted. "We reassure everyone that his Holiness Pope Tawadros ... Read More
Church spokesman: Muslim Brotherhood militias attacking Egypt’s Christians
2/8/13 The spokesman for the Catholic Church in Egypt has told Vatican Radio that the nation’s Christians are living in a climate of fear because ... Read More
Scapegoating the Copts
31/7/13 On July 3, Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi, a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), was ousted from power. His detractors came from many ... Read More
Monks in Egypt’s Lawless Sinai Hope to Preserve an Ancient Library
Ladan Cher / Sinai Deser - 23/7/13 Just as they have done for 17 centuries, the Greek Orthodox monks of St. Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt’s Sinai desert ... Read More
Persecution of Christian Copts in Egypt after Morsi
Michael Curtis - 19/7/13 The continuing dramatic struggle for power and friction in Egypt continues between two groups: the Muslim Brotherhood and the supporters of Mohamed ... Read More