Tag: Egypt

American Christians Pledge Solidarity With Persecuted Christians in Egypt, Iraq and Syria

OCP- May 8, 2014

8/5/14 On Wednesday, May 7, history is being made. On behalf of the suffering churches of Egypt, Iraq and Syria, a broad array of American ... Read More

Church not for any candidate in Egypt’s presidential polls: Coptic pope

OCP- May 6, 2014

May 2014 Egypt's Coptic Orthodox pope defends church's involvement in last summer's ouster of president Mohamed Morsi, but says it won't side with either presidential ... Read More

PILGRIMAGE ROUTE, “ON THE TRAIL OF THE HOLY FAMILY”, BEING PREPARED IN EGYPT

OCP- May 5, 2014

May 2014 There is an attempt afoot to revive the religious tourism in Egypt. The pilot tour of the new route, "On the trail of ... Read More

Egypt’s Christians ‘Expecting Death Any Time’

OCP- May 1, 2014

By George Thomas http://www.cbn.com - 1/5/14 DELGA, Egypt -- On August 20, 2013 in the small village of Delga, four hours south of Cairo, Egypt, thousands ... Read More

Why Persecution of Egypt’s Christians Is Not Over

OCP- April 25, 2014

By Gary Lane http://www.cbn.com - 25/4/14 Egypt's Christians are hoping they'll be better protected from violence when the country elects a new president next month. But ... Read More

Easter: A Time of Joy, But Also Danger for Persecuted Christians

OCP- April 20, 2014

By April Thompson http://www.commdiginews.com - 20/4/14 DALLAS -- This year the liturgical calendars of the Eastern and Western churches coincide, and all of Christendom will celebrate ... Read More

‘Milking’ Egypt’s Christian Copts Dry

OCP- April 7, 2014

Raymond Ibrahim - April 2014 The Board of Inquiry in Cairo monitoring the “sectarian violence that continues to cross Egypt after the overthrow of President Morsi, ... Read More

Coptic Abductions and the Jizya Rationale

OCP- April 7, 2014

Raymond Ibrahim - April 2014 On March 26 in Egypt, an increasingly common scene took place.  Shenouda Riad Musa, a Coptic Christian man, was kidnapped by ... Read More

Muslim Brotherhood Slaughter Christian Woman

OCP- April 1, 2014

Mary: Martyred for the Cross Mary’s family members mourn during church funeral Raymond Ibrahim - 1/4/14 On Friday, March 28, in Ain Shams, a suburb of ... Read More

Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood Supporters Attack Church, Four Dead

OCP- March 30, 2014

Raymond Ibrahim - 30/3/14 Among other forms of “retaliatory terrorism,” some 80 Christian churches were attacked in Egypt immediately after the June 30 Revolution, which saw ... Read More

Violence Against Christian Copts in Egypt Continues Despite Fall of Muslim Brotherhood

OCP- March 27, 2014

By Stoyan Zaimov Christian Post - 27/3/14 Violence in Egypt against Coptic Christians has continued despite the fall of former president Mohammed Morsi and the Muslim ... Read More

Visit of the I.A.O. delegation to Cairo

OCP- March 17, 2014

Interparlimentary Association on Orthodoxy- Febraury-March 2014 The I.A.O. delegation consisted by Mr. Anastasios Nerantzis, Member oΕthe Hellenic Parliament, I.A.O. Secretary General, Mr. Sergei Popov, Member ... Read More

Jizya-Vigilantes Target Christian Minorities

OCP- March 14, 2014

Raymond Ibrahim - 14/3/14 In the al-Nafura region of Asyut, Egypt, an increasingly common scene took place earlier this month. Isaac Eli—a Coptic Christian—was abducted under ... Read More

The Past and the Future

OCP- March 5, 2014

Raymond Ibrahim - 4/3/14 Last November Raymond Ibrahim was interviewed by Egyptian reporter Sherif Awad.  The interview appeared in several Egyptian magazines and websites, as well ... Read More

Seven Christians Executed in Libya

OCP- February 26, 2014

  Raymond Ibrahim - 26/2/14 Libyan authorities came across the slain bodies of seven Christian Copts in the region of Garutha, less than 20 miles ... Read More

The Future Of Egypt’s Copts

OCP- February 19, 2014

By Samuel Tadros - 19/2/14 http://www.eurasiareview.com The fall of the Mubarak regime in February 2011 unleashed a monumental and contagious wave of optimism. Images of ... Read More

Christian Syrian Family Slaughtered in Egypt

OCP- February 19, 2014

This image appears on several Arabic Facebook accounts and is said to be of the slain 6-year-old Michael. Raymond Ibrahim - 2/19/14 http://www.raymondibrahim.com A Christian ... Read More

Bus Carrying South Korean Christian Tourists Bombed in Egypt

OCP- February 19, 2014

Aaron Goldstein American Spectator - 19/2/14 Three South Korean tourists and a bus driver were killed in an act of terrorism when a bomb destroyed ... Read More

Kidnapped Christian girl freed by special services of Egypt

OCP- February 12, 2014

February 2014 The security service of Egypt succeeded in freeing a Christian girl who had been kidnapped by a terrorist group, reports Linga with reference ... Read More

Cairo, Coptic Orthodox church attacked- One dead

OCP- January 31, 2014

31/1/14 Cairo ( AsiaNews) – A group of armed men yesterday afternoon attacked the CopticOrthodox Church of the Virgin Mary in the “October 6″ district of the governorate ... Read More

The World’s Most Ancient Christian Communities Are Being Destroyed — and No One Cares

OCP- January 25, 2014

August 26, 2013: Bishop-General Macarius (right), a Coptic Orthodox leader, walks around the damaged Evangelical Church in Minya, south of Cairo (REUTERS/Louafi Larbi). By Michael ... Read More