Tag: Egypt
Coptic Christians Flee From Egypt to Georgia
12/6/13 In Egypt, violent clashes between Copts and Muslims have been on the rise since the 2011 ouster of former President Hosni Mubarak, with many ... Read More
Presidency, Church prepare joint Ethiopia trip to discuss controversial dam
Emad Khalil 7/6/13 Egypt's presidency and the Coptic Orthodox Church are coordinating for a joint trip to Ethiopia by President Mohamed Morsy and Pope Tawadros ... Read More
Austrian President Proud of the Coptic Church, Calls for Spreading of Religious Tolerance
1/6/13 Austrian President Hans Fischer stressed that the Coptic Church works to spread peace throughout the world and consolidate love and tolerance between Muslims and ... Read More
Where is President Obama as Egypt’s Coptic Christians Die and Churches Burn?
Michael Terheyden 5/24/2013 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) Last week, hundreds of Coptic Christians in Egypt stood up to a mob of 20 thousand Muslims. They risked ... Read More
Two Christian Churches in Egypt Attacked By Muslims This Week
21/5/13 The escalation of Muslim attacks on Christian churches in Egypt continues unabated. This week two attacks were carried out, one in Alexandria and one ... Read More
Clashes between Muslims and Christians leave one dead and dozens injured in Egyptian city of Alexandria
18/5/13 One person died and dozens were wounded during clashes between Muslims and Christians late Friday night outside a Coptic church in Egypt's second city, ... Read More
Churches denounce Israel violence against Christians
13/5/13 JERUSALEM (Ma’an) -- Patriarchs and heads of Christian churches in Jerusalem on Sunday released a joint statement denouncing attacks by Israeli police officers on ... Read More
Egypt’s Coptic pope visiting Vatican for the 1st time in 40 years
Associated Press – 10/5/13 CAIRO - Egyptian church officials say Coptic Christian Pope Tawadros II has left for the Vatican, marking the first such ... Read More
Coptic Pope stresses urgency of Christian unity at Vatican
By Estefania Aguirre and David Uebbing 10/5/13 Vatican City, May 10, 2013 / 07:06 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of ... Read More
The Copts flee Egypt
3/5/13 Rumours of a Coptic exodus from Egypt have been circulating by word of mouth and on the Internet, but the truth may be less ... Read More
Coptic Orphans Registered in Egypt and Meets with H.H. Pope Tawadros II (Video)
1/5/13 On March 31, 2013, hundreds of Coptic Orphans volunteers, along with key staff, met with His Holiness Pope Tawadros II at St. Mark's Coptic ... Read More
Death to Churches Under Islam: A Study of the Coptic Church
1/5/13 Raymond Ibrahim Christians throughout the Islamic world are under attack. Unlike Muslim attacks on Christians, which are regularly confused with a myriad of social ... Read More
Egyptian police refuse to protect Coptic Christians during gun and machete attack on mourners at cathedral
LEON WATSON - 30/4/13 Men with guns, wielding machetes and hurling stones laid siege to cathedral Uniformed officers looked on and appeared to help one gunman ... Read More
Egypt’s pope says Copts are sidelined
Pope Tawadros II and Sheikh of the Al-Azhar University, Ahmed el-Tayeb, speak during their meeting in Cairo yesterday. El-Tayeb offered Easter greetings to the pope. ... Read More
Protest over Christian persecution in Egypt outside House of Lords
Alexandra Geels 23/4/13 LONDON, UK April 21: Enraged demonstrators condemned persecution of Coptic Christians outside the House of Lords during a protest demonstration organised by ... Read More
Egypt jihadist leader warns of Coptic ‘triumph’
Salafist lead Mohamed El-Zawahiri presents his views on the compatibility of Islam and Islamic Sharia law (Photo: Al-Ahram) Ahram Online - 22/4/13 Brother of Al-Qaeda ... Read More
Copts’ Uneasy State Relations
Head of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II (L) leads the Coptic Christmas midnight mass at the Al-Abasseya Cathedral in Cairo on January ... Read More
Even In Desert Retreat, Monks Feel Egypt’S Turmoil
HAMZA HENDAWI, Associated Press - 20/4/13 ST. ANTHONY’S MONASTERY, Egypt — In a cave here high in the desert mountains of eastern Egypt, the man ... Read More
Refuge From Egypt Unrest at a Queens Church
MONIQUE EL-FAIZY - 20/4/13 It’s Tuesday afternoon, and a few dozen of the faithful members of St. Mary and St. Antonios Coptic Orthodox Church in ... Read More
His Holiness Patriarch Kirill receives H.E. Mahmoud Gamil Ahmed ElDieb, Ambassador of Arab Republic of Egypt to Russian Federation
On 12 April 2013, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with H.E. Mahmoud Gamil Ahmed ElDieb, newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and ... Read More
Out of seclusion, Egypt’s Coptic Pope to meet Khosous victims’ families
Ahram Online - 154/13 After days in meditative seclusion following violent attacks at Egypt's main Coptic cathedral, Pope Tawadros II returns to Cairo and will ... Read More