Tag: Egypt

Holy Pentecost Celebrations at Nag Hammdi

OCP- June 13, 2011

13/6/2011 OCP Exclusive The Pentecost from St.Virgin Mary & St.Pope Kyrillos VI-Nag Hammdi,Qena-Egypt on Sunday 12th, 2011. Snaps depicting the prostration of the Coptic Orthodox ... Read More

Copts, Muslims cautiously eye draft law meant to ease Tensions

OCP- June 10, 2011

Dina Samak 9/6/2011 A unified law that intends to help ease sectarianism and promote religious equality by putting churches on a par with mosques can ... Read More

Coptic Church denies Shenouda’s retreat in US

OCP- June 8, 2011

By Essam Fadl /Special to Daily News Egypt 7/6/2011 CAIRO: Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church denied media reports about Pope Shenouda's alleged retreat to the US ... Read More

Pentecost in Cairo

OCP- June 6, 2011

Metropolitan Abba Seraphim Primate of the British Orthodox Church Writes: 6/6/2011 Traditionally the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church meets in Cairo on the ... Read More

Former Egyptian Interior Minister Accused of Collusion in Alexandria Church Bombing

OCP- June 6, 2011

By Mary Abdelmassih 6-4-2011 (AINA) -- The Egyptian attorney general has reopened the investigation into the bombing of the Two Saints Church in Alexandria on ... Read More

Egypt military chief sends wishes to Coptic Pope in US Hospital

OCP- June 6, 2011

MENA 05/06/2011 The head of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi, expressed his wishes for a speedy recovery ... Read More

Egypt: In Imbaba, army restores Coptic Church torched by Salafis

OCP- May 29, 2011

By Asia News 28/5/2011 The authorities hope to complete the restoration work in three months. Those who carried out the attack are however still at ... Read More

Authorities, Islamists in Egypt Stop Church from Re-Opening

OCP- May 22, 2011

20/5/2011 Egyptian officials bow to Islamic pressure to keep Orthodox building closed. CAIRO, Egypt, May 20 (CDN) — Hundreds of Muslims, angered by the prospect ... Read More

Arabi says Egypt will remain homeland for all Faiths

OCP- May 20, 2011

20/5/2011 Foreign Minister Nabil el-Arabi said on Thursday 19/05/2011 Egypt will remain a homeland for all religions without any discrimination between a Muslim and a ... Read More

Libya war pushes Christian presence to the Brink

OCP- May 19, 2011

By Mohammed Abbas 19/5/2011 BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - The Christian church in eastern Libya, which traces its roots back two millennia to the era of ... Read More

Syria Christians fear for religious Freedom

OCP- May 18, 2011

By REUTERS 05/18/2011 Minority fears change in secular Syria, concerned over plight of Christians in Iraq, Egypt; community says it has Biblical roots. BEIRUT - ... Read More

Egypt’s Pope Shenouda meets with Ethiopia’s Archbishop

OCP- May 17, 2011

MENA 16/05/2011 The head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenouda III, met on Monday with a delegation of seven Ethiopian clerics led by Ethiopia's ... Read More

Egyptian church calls on Copts to abandon Protest

OCP- May 16, 2011

16/5/2011 CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Pope Shenouda, head of the Orthodox Coptic church, called on Christians to abandon a demonstration against attacks on their community ... Read More

The threat posed by religious violence in Egypt

OCP- May 13, 2011

By Editorial 12/5/2011 AMONG THE MORE heartening aspects of the peaceful revolution that toppled Hosni Mubarak was the way it brought together people from across ... Read More

Copts on the Beat

OCP- May 13, 2011

12/5/2011 An intriguing account of Abeer, a Coptic Christian woman, who allegedly converted to Islam, sparked the worst sectarian clashes in Egypt since the 25 ... Read More

Russian Patriarch prays violence ends against Christians in Egypt

OCP- May 10, 2011

Moscow, May 10 (Interfax) - Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia has expressed his condolences over the deaths of Christians and church fires in ... Read More

Cairo tense after religious Clashes

OCP- May 9, 2011

9/5/2011 Troops patrol streets as Copts camp out in Egypt's capital, calling for justice after 12 killed in weekend clashes. Egyptian troops are out in ... Read More

Egypt Muslim-Christian clashes: 190 face military Trial

OCP- May 8, 2011

8/5/2011 BBC The al-Azraa church went up in flames during the clashes More than 190 people detained after fatal clashes between Muslims and Christians in ... Read More

At least 6 dead in Egyptian sectarian Violence

OCP- May 8, 2011

By Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Ian Lee, For CNN 8/5/2011 Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- At least six people were killed and 120 injured in sectarian ... Read More

Church Burned In Egypt Sectarian Clash

OCP- May 8, 2011

8/5/2011 At least six people are reported to have been killed and at least one church set on fire during clashes between Muslims and minority ... Read More

Coptic Christians in Egypt: Standing at the Crossroads

OCP- May 7, 2011

Mirette Bahgat 2011 Atlas Corps Fellow 6/5/2011 On the morning of January, 28th, 2011 -- the morning of the "Friday of Anger" protests in Egypt ... Read More