Tag: Egypt

Egypt’s next pope faces immense challenges

OCP- March 21, 2012

Yasmine Fathi 21/3/2012 "Egypt isn't a country we live in, but a country that lives within us." So said Egypt’s late Coptic Pope Shenouda III, ... Read More

Updated:Funeral Snaps of Pope Shenouda from Cairo

OCP- March 20, 2012

20/3/2012 Pope Shenouda has been laid to rest at St Bishoy Monastery which is situated Cairo-Alexandria road in northern Egypt’s Wadi Al-Natroun region. Pope Shenouda ... Read More

Pope Shenouda III: Four decades of Coptic history

OCP- March 20, 2012

20/4/2012 Sherif Tarek Since the 1970s, Coptic history has been largely shaped by the towering figure of Pope Shenouda III, remembered for both keeping the ... Read More

Pope Shenouda to be buried at Egypt’s St Bishoy Monastery

OCP- March 20, 2012

20/3/2012 Late Coptic pope to be laid to rest at St Bishoy Monastery, the desert sanctuary to which he would retreat to express papal displeasure ... Read More

New Papal Tomb St.Bishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery (Snaps)

OCP- March 20, 2012

19/3/2012 New Papal Tomb at St.Bishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery-Wadi Al Natroun – Egypt, where Pope Shenouda will be laid to rest on Tuesday, 20th of ... Read More

Thousands expected to gather for funeral of Pope Shenouda III Tuesday

OCP- March 20, 2012

19/3/2012 Bel Trew Funeral of Coptic Orthodox Church's leader is due to start 11am Tuesday at St Mark's Cathedral, Abbasiya; only invitation holders will be ... Read More

New Papal Tomb at St.Bishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery(Video)

OCP- March 19, 2012

19/3/2012 New Papal Tomb at St.Bishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery-Wadi Al Natroun - Egypt, where Pope Shenouda will be laid to rest on Tuesday, 20th of ... Read More

Charismatic Pope Shenouda ushered Coptic Church into wider world

OCP- March 19, 2012

By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent 19/3/2012 On becoming the head of Egypt's Coptic Church in November 1971, Pope Shenouda III showed interest in promoting Orthodox ... Read More

Overcrowding at Coptic pope’s viewing leads to 3 deaths, dozens of injuries

OCP- March 19, 2012

From Mohamed Fadel Fahmy, For CNN 19/3/2012 Cairo (CNN) -- Overcrowding inside a cathedral where Coptic Christians had gathered to pay last respects to their ... Read More

How Pope Shenouda kept country calm

OCP- March 19, 2012

By Francis Matthew, Editor at Large 19/3/2012 Dubai: At midnight on Christmas Eve in 1985, the atmosphere in St Marks Cathedral in central Cairo was ... Read More

Elections for Pope Shenouda’s successor may be postponed: Sources

OCP- March 19, 2012

19/3/2012 Dina Ezzat Sources close to decision making circles in the Coptic Church say there is no rush to elect a new patriarch following the ... Read More

Copts mourn Pope Shenouda with eyes set on unclear future

OCP- March 19, 2012

19/3/2012 CAIRO: Just hours after his announced death on Saturday, thousands of inconsolable Coptic Christians flocked to the Cairo and Alexandria Cathedrals, uniting to mourn ... Read More

Coptic fears, Coptic hopes

OCP- March 18, 2012

18/3/2012 Dina Ezzat After the death of Pope Shenouda, some Copts look to the future with trepidation, others believe it is an opportunity to rectify ... Read More

Update:More Snaps From Cairo as hundred thousands pay their last respect to Papa Shenouda

OCP- March 18, 2012

18/3/2012 Egyptian Christians gather to mourn the death of Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, outside the Abassiya Cathedra in Cairo ... Read More

Ancient traditions to guide selection of new Coptic pope

OCP- March 18, 2012

18/3/2012 As all of Egypt mourns the passing of the Coptic patriarch, the wheels of tradition will soon start moving to elected a new pope ... Read More

Tens of thousands of Copts say goodbye to Pope who ‘safely guided ship’

OCP- March 18, 2012

18/3/2012 Mostafa Ali Streams of grieving Egyptian Copts have started on Saturday to descend on country's main cathedral in Cairo to start 3-day period of ... Read More

Mourning Pope Shenouda (Snaps)

OCP- March 18, 2012

18/3/2012 Egyptian Christian Copts mourn the death of Pope Shenouda III, the 117th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Patriarch of the ... Read More

Obama grieves the death of Egypt’s Coptic Pope

OCP- March 18, 2012

18/3/2012 Xinhua U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday that he was saddened by the death of Egypt's Coptic Pope Shenuda III who died earlier ... Read More

Khalifa condoles death of Pope Shenuda III

OCP- March 18, 2012

17/3/2012 Abu Dhabi - President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent today condolence cable to Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi, Chairman of ... Read More

ADIEU TO OUR BELOVED AND EVER LOVING PAPA SHENOUDA III

OCP- March 17, 2012

Hatem Maher 17/3/2012 Pope Shenouda III, Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Pope, has died on Saturday at the age of 88, after a long battle against illness. ... Read More