Tag: Egypt
Prayer for Egypt held at British Orthodox London Mission
The British Orthodox Church - 14/4/13 London: On 13 April 2013 at the British Orthodox London Mission, a Service of Prayer was held for ... Read More
Insight: After cathedral clash, Copts doubt future in Egypt
Ulf Laessing CAIRO 12/4/13 (Reuters) - When Egyptian Christian Kerollos Maher watched on television as petrol bombs and rocks rained on Cairo's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral ... Read More
Leader of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church blasts country’s president over handling of recent deadly sectarian violence
10/4/13 The leader of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church on Tuesday blasted the country's Islamist president over his handling of the recent deadly sectarian violence, including an ... Read More
Egypt’s Coptic pope to receive condolences for Al-Khosous victims on Thursday
Ahram Online 9/4/13 Pope Tawadros II to hold reception for public figures to offer condolences after four Copts killed in recent violence. Egypt's Coptic Orthodox ... Read More
Egypt’s President Denounces Violence Outside Coptic Church
9/4/13 Egyptian President Muhammad Morsi has condemned violence outside Cairo's main church that left one person dead and dozens more wounded. Clashes erupted after the ... Read More
Egypt’s pope mourns slain Copts, calls for ‘wisdom, restraint’
Ahram Online - 7/4/13 In official statement, Pope Tawadros II says he's in constant touch with Egyptian security officials as clashes resume outside Cairo's main ... Read More
Deadly Clashes After Coptic Funeral
8/4/13 One person has died and more than 60 others have been injured in clashes outside Cairo's Coptic cathedral following a funeral. The memorial service ... Read More
Copts Denounce Egypt’s Mursi as Violence Erupts at Church
Tarek El-Tablawy & Salma El Wardany -8/4/13 Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi faced growing turmoil as clashes between Muslims and Christians led to another death after a religious ... Read More
Canada’s first Coptic bishop enthroned in Mississauga
David Paterson 7/4/13 For anyone who doubted they were watching an historic occasion, a quick scan of the enormous crowd at Mississauga's Coptic Orthodox cathedral ... Read More
Clashes after funeral of Egypt Coptic Christians
7/4/13 CAIRO: Clashes broke out on Sunday outside the Egyptian capital's Coptic cathedral after funeral prayers were held for four Christians killed in sectarian clashes, ... Read More
Ten Christians, One Muslim Killed in Sectarian Clashes in Egypt
Mary Abdelmassih - 7/4/13 Cairo (AINA) -- Clashes between Muslims and Christians erupted yesterday in the Al-Khosous district of Qaliubia province. According to reports, ten ... Read More
Egyptian Copts and Muslims clash again, in central Cairo
Reuters - 7/4/13 CAIRO (Reuters) - Clashes broke out between Coptic Christians and Muslims in central Cairo on Sunday after the funeral of four Coptskilled in sectarian violence outside the Egyptian capital ... Read More
Christian persecutions continues in Mideast, Asia and Africa
4/4/13 (JNS.org) Christians continue to be persecuted in the Middle East, Asia and Africa through church attacks, blasphemy accusations and murders, states a summary by ... Read More
Eritrea: Ruthless Kidnapping Rings Reach From Desert Sands to U.S. Cities
Joel Millman - March 2013 Ruthless Kidnapping Rings Reach From Desert Sands to U.S. Cities CAMPBELL, Calif.—Ande Zerasion’s voice chokes up reliving the sound of ... Read More
Egyptian Christians losing sense of home
Charles M. Sennott 1/4/13 This is the third in a series of posts about dwindling Christian communities in the Middle East. CAIRO — Down the ... Read More
Coptic Bishop Youssef to visit Lee University
1/4/13 On April 3 and 4, Bishop Youssef will present public lectures at Lee University on the Coptic Orthodox tradition. The event is hosted by ... Read More
Muslim Persecution of Christians: January, 2013
Raymond Ibrahim - 28/3/13 Originally published by the Gatestone Institute The 2013 year began with reports indicating that wherever Christians live side by side with large numbers ... Read More
Egypt sentences Muslim to death over Copt attack
REUTERS – 26/3/13 In case that underlines sectarian tensions, Muslim man sentenced to death for killing two in dispute with Christians. CAIRO - A Muslim ... Read More
Gems of Armenia: Cairo’s Arax Choir commemorates Aram Khachaturian
Ati Metwaly - 20/3/13 Armenian Community's Arax Choir conducted by Mihran Ghazelian commemorated the 110th anniversary of composer Aram Khachaturian last Saturday. On Saturday 16 ... Read More
Libya continues persecution of Copts, closes embassy in Egypt
Egyptian Coptic Christian Ragaa Abdullah (C-R) wife of Ezzat Hakim Attallah, who died in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, days after being arrested on ... Read More
Libyan Coptic church suffers second attack
15/3/13 For the second time in a week a Coptic Christian church in Benghazi, Libya, has been attacked. Police say they prevented the unidentified attackers ... Read More