Tag: Egypt
Egypt’s next pope faces immense challenges
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
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
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
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)
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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)
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
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
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
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