Tag: Egypt
Egypt’s coptic church commemorates late Pope Shenouda
Ahram Online - 9/3/13 Egypt's church remembers late Pope Shenouda with three days celebration.Pope Tawadros II announced on Saturday that three days of celebrations will ... Read More
The Kidnapping of Coptic Girls
Frank Crimi -8/3/13 When a rumor circulated last week that a Muslim woman in the southern Egyptian city of Kom Ombo had been forcibly converted to ... Read More
Egyptian Muslims storm church seeking suspected convert
Pope Tawadros II, the 118th pope of the Coptic Church of Egypt, is greeted by Egyptian Christians as he prepares to lead a midnight Liturgy ... Read More
Egyptian Copts in Libya allegedly detained, tortured following ‘missionising’ claims
Photos published on Facebook of detained Copts in Libya accused of proselytisation. Sherry El-Gergawi – 1/3/13 Scores of Egyptian Coptic Christians are detained, abused by ... Read More
Egypt: Copts protest church attack
22/2/13 Hundreds of Copts rallied on Sunday evening February 17 against the torching of St Georges church in Sarsena on February 15, as well as ... Read More
Coptic Pope heads up 1st meeting of United Council for Egyptian Churches
Ahram Online - 19/2/13 Monday sees inaugural meeting of United Council for Egyptian Churches, bringing together representatives of Coptic, Episcopal, Evangelical, Catholic and Greek ... Read More
More Convictions for Egypt’s Maspero Massacre—But Copts not Soldiers
Melissa Steffan - 10/2/13 So far, no military officers convicted for October 2011 incident that killed 28 Copts. It's been more than a year since ... Read More
Egypt’s Coptic Leader: ‘Christians Are Not a Minority in Terms of Value to the Nation’
By Katherine Weber , Christian Post Reporter 9/2/13 Pope Tawadros II, Egypt's Coptic leader, has issued an uncharacteristically sharp assessment of the North African country's ... Read More
AP Interview: Egypt’s Coptic Christian pope delivers measured criticism of Islamist government
By HAMZA HENDAWI | Associated Press 7/2/13 Egypt's Coptic patriarch delivered a cautious but unusually sharp criticism of the nation's Islamist leadership in an interview ... Read More
Coptic Pope: ‘My Countrymen Must Love Each Other’
Egyptian Pope: 'My Countrymen Must Love Each Other' 2/2/13 CAIRO -- Egypt's Coptic Christians make up about 10 percent of the population. Recently the historic ... Read More
Sectarian unrest grips Egypt, Islamists try to storm Coptic church
By Haggag Salama - 20/1/13 Police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of Muslim protesters trying to storm a Coptic Christian church in southern Egypt on ... Read More
Violence erupts after Muslim protesters attack Upper Egypt Church
18/1/13 Street battles between security forces and Muslim protesters begins outside Al-Marshada Church, following alleged sex attack on girl by Coptic man; village Iman calls ... Read More
Egypt’s Coptic Christians fleeing country after Islamist takeover
By Richard Spencer, Alexandria 14/1/13 Tens of thousands of Egyptian Christians are leaving the country in the wake of the Egyptian revolution and subsequent Islamist ... Read More
Current Brotherhood and Egypt not the same as before: Head of London Coptic Church
Amer Sultan from London - 13/1/13 Father Antonious Thabet openly criticises the Egyptian Islamist group in measured speech at official Christmas function. Reverend Father Antonious ... Read More
Confirmation of the Divinity of Jesus Christ is the Most Important Work of Saint John the Baptist
On 7 January 2013, celebrated the prophet who baptised the Saviour of the world in the waters of the River Jordan, namely Saint John the ... Read More
Egypt thwarts bid to attack Coptic church
7/1/13 The Egyptian army foiled a bid to attack a Coptic church in the Rafah border town with Gaza as the minority Christian community began ... Read More
The Copts and Christmas
By Michael Adel -29/12/12 Amidst Egypt's political turmoil and the recent approval of the country's draft constitution, millions of Christians across Egypt are preparing to ... Read More
Global religions: Where is the Christian map moving?
Wayne Baker Community Contributor - 26/12/12 Editor's note: This post is part of a series by Dr. Baker on Our Values about core American values. ... Read More
Egypt’s New Constitution Gives Coptic Christians a Bleak and Unstable Future
24/12/12 Egyptians have approved a controversial new constitution. According to reports, Egyptians have endorsed the new charter in the two-stage referendum; the approved charter gives ... Read More
Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church to take part in constitutional poll
Ahram Online - 14/12/12 Pope Tawadros II says Egypt's Coptic Church will not push its congregants to vote either 'yes' or 'no' in upcoming referendum ... Read More
Christmas Shopping in Cairo: Where to Find Incense, Oils, and Handicrafts
Blown pyrex Christmas tree ornaments. Decorative glassware dates back 3,500 years in Egypt and reached an apex during Mamluk times. The Christmas ornament industry is ... Read More