Tag: Egypt
Egypt Day of Prayer 2011
14/1/2011 Join with Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) to pray for this Middle Eastern nation and its Christian minorities who are suffering for their faith. On ... Read More
Egypt’s Pope urges State to address Copts’ Problems
11/1/2011 CAIRO: The patriarch of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenouda III, has urged the government to find a solution to the problems facing Egypt’s ... Read More
Egypt Press: Coptic Christmas, church bombing and its Aftermath
By Mohamed Abdel Salam 9/1/2011 CAIRO: Egypt`s press last week focused on the bombing of a church in Alexandria which killed 23 and injured 100. ... Read More
The 1,700-year-old Christian monastery hidden deep in Egypt’s Desert
By Christine Theodorou, CNN 7/1/2011 STORY HIGHLIGHTS * St. Anthony's Monastery is one of the world's oldest inhabited monasteries * The monastery's founders were disciples ... Read More
Mourning Copts- More Snaps from the Coptic Church
5/01/2011 Snaps taken after the Bomb Blast at Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, 230 km (140 miles) north of Cairo January 1, 2011. A car ... Read More
Egypt reinforces security in anticipation of Coptic Christmas
4/1/2011 CAIRO - The Egyptian security forces were on heightened alert in the vicinity of churches for the celebrations of the Coptic Orthodox Christmas on ... Read More
Catholicos Aram I Denounces Attack on Coptic Church in Alexandria
3/1/2011 ANTELLIAS, Lebanon (Combined Sources)— His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia has condemned a deadly car bomb attack at the ... Read More
Copt Pope appeals for calm in Egypt
4/1/2011 Rania Cairo, Jan 4 (PTI) Egypt''s Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, appealed for calm following the bombing of a ... Read More
Muslim group condemns Egypt terror Atrocity
4/1/2011 A religious group based in Leicester has denounced a terrorist attack in Egypt which killed 21 people. The Federation of Muslim Organisations said it ... Read More
Arab press angered by Coptic Church Blast
3/1/2011 The Egyptian press has reacted angrily to the suicide bombing that targeted a Coptic church in Alexandria on New Year's Day, with several papers ... Read More
Mubarak blames ‘foreign hands’ for church Bomb
1/1/2011 Explosion kills 21, wounds 79 others Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has called for national unity after the deadly New Year's Eve bombing of a ... Read More
Egyptian Orthodox leader says Muslims expressed sympathy after Bombing
3/1/2011 By Doreen Abi Raad Catholic News Service BEIRUT (CNS) -- An Egyptian Orthodox leader said he had received many messages of support from Muslims ... Read More
Egyptian church bomb victims Mourned
2/1/2011 Dozens of grieving Christians attended the Divine Liturgy at the Saints Church in Egypt's Mediterranean port city of Alexandria on Sunday, the day after ... Read More
Bomb hits Egypt Church at New Year Liturgy
1/1/2011 Bomb hits Egypt Church at New Year Liturgy. At least Seven reported to be Dead Cairo: A car exploded in front of a Coptic ... Read More
Coptic prayer service held at St. Vartan Cathedral
27/12/2010 New York - In light of a recent spate of violence and persecution against Christians in Egypt, members of the Coptic Orthodox Church of ... Read More
UN refugee agency calls for Egypt to help ‘abducted’ Eritreans
By Bikya Masr Staff 8/12/2010 CAIRO: The United Nations refugee agency has urged the Egyptian government to assist in helping to secure the release of ... Read More
Egypt: Enforced disappearance of Camilia Shehata
By IHRC 10/12/2010 LONDON: Six months have passed since Camilia Shehata, the 26-year-old wife of a priest, raised as an Orthodox Christian in Egypt disappeared ... Read More
The first ever locally-curated exhibition on Coptic art opens to the Public
Nevine El-Aref 7/12/2010 The first ever locally-curated exhibition on Coptic art opened to the Public on Wednesday At Al-Amir Taz palace in Al-Khalifa area, culture ... Read More
Coptic Church accepts Al-Ahram front page Apology
Emad Khalil 08/12/2010 Coptic Bishop Sergius said the Church was satisfied with Al-Ahram Editor in Chief Osama Saraya’s apology, published by the daily on Monday, ... Read More
In possible rift with NDP, Pope Shenouda ignores parliament Run-offs
John Ehab 06/12/2010 Pope Shenouda III, head of the Egyptian Coptic Church, refrained from casting a ballot in Sunday’s parliamentary run-offs in a move that ... Read More
Egypt court upholds ruling on Christian Remarriage
30/11/2010 CAIRO Nov 30 (Reuters) - An Egyptian court on Tuesday threw out a challenge to its ruling that Orthodox Copts can remarry, challenging the ... Read More