Tag: Egyptian Christians
Libya’s Security Forces Reportedly Find Burial Sites of Over 20 Christians
© AP Photo/ Hassan Ammar Sputniknews - 8/10/17 The Libyan security forces have reportedly found the bodies of Coptic Christians from Egypt, killed by Daesh ... Read More
Egyptian Christians given same paid leave for pilgrimages as Muslims
© Ronen Zvulun / Reuters RT.com - 8/2/17 Egypt’s High Constitutional Court has ruled that Christian civil servants should be entitled to the same rights ... Read More
Anniversary of the 21 Coptic Christians Martyred in Libya
Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom - 13/2/16 Anniversary of the 21 Coptic Christians Martyred in Libya - Statement by His Grace Bishop Angaelos ... Read More
Egyptian Christians Face Harassment, Violence in Attempting to Rebuild Church
Open Doors - 15/3/15 Coptic Orthodox Christians in the small village of Samalout, 137 miles south of Cairo, unexpectedly received permission from local authorities to ... Read More
Egypt: Church Courtyard Set Aflame Before Christmas Prayers
By Raymond Ibrahim - January 2015 The courtyard of St. George the Martyr, a partially constructed Catholic church in Hijazh village in Egypt was set on ... Read More
Egypt: Church threatens to reject constitution
Waleed Abdul Rahman - 14/11/13 Coptic church threatens to reject constitution articles over term 'People of the Book'. Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Coptic Church has threatened to ... Read More
Egyptian Christians return to worship in church destroyed by Muslim Brotherhood
20/8/13 Copts whose church was one of dozens destroyed by Muslim Brotherhood supporters have returned to the charred house of worship, with their pastor vowing ... Read More
Egyptian Christians attacked, dozens of churches torched
20/8/13 Nearly 40 churches across Egypt were looted and set ablaze, while 23 others were severely damaged in attacks over the last several days. It ... Read More
Muslim Mobs Kill Egyptian Christians in Wake of Morsi Ouster
Photo of mourners at a funeral for two Coptic Christians killed in Egypt: AP Images Dave Bohon - 11/7/13 Several Christians have been killed in Egypt ... Read More
Egyptian Christians losing sense of home
Charles M. Sennott 1/4/13 This is the third in a series of posts about dwindling Christian communities in the Middle East. CAIRO — Down the ... Read More
Egypt’s Coptic Christians fleeing country after Islamist takeover
By Richard Spencer, Alexandria 14/1/13 Tens of thousands of Egyptian Christians are leaving the country in the wake of the Egyptian revolution and subsequent Islamist ... Read More
US Egyptian Christians fear for faith under Morsi’s Islamist agenda
Melissa Chrise 10/12/2012 It seems like every Sunday, there's a new face sitting in the pews of the Church of Saint Verena and the Three Holy ... Read More
Coptic church denies lifting ban
By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent 8/4/2012 Cairo: The Coptic Orthodox Church has denied lifting a ban on pilgrimage to occupied Jerusalem as more Egyptian Christians ... Read More
Radio program – Sunday Nights on ABC Local Radio: Egyptian Christians
28/2/2012 Egyptian Christians are very conscious that St Mark the Evangelist was in Egypt. His work means that Egypt, along with Jerusalem and Antioch is ... Read More
Egyptian Christians Seek Refuge In U.S. After Oppression Grows
22/2/2012 CHICAGO (CBS) – The fall of dictator Hosni Mubarak meant freedom for many Egyptians, but not for the nation’s Christian minority. It’s estimated more ... Read More
3,000 attack Egyptian Christians over rumored cell phone picture
Timothy Whiteman 30/1/2012 The Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) is reporting that a riotous mob consisting of extremist Muslim Salafists and members of the Muslim ... Read More
Patriarch Kirill’s statement on disturbances in Cairo
12.10.2011 In his statement published below, the Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church expresses support for the suffering Egyptian Christians. ‘The Russian Orthodox Church has ... Read More
Snaps from Coptic Protest and Massacre in Cairo
10/10/2011 Several people have died in clashes between Coptic Christians and Egyptian security forces, in the worst sectarian violence since the uprising that ousted Hosni ... Read More
Egyptian Churches: Copts are free to take part in Protests
Emad Khalil 28/07/2011 The Egyptian Orthodox, Anglican and Catholic churches said on Thursday that all Egyptian Christians are free to participate in demonstrations, calling on ... Read More
The threat posed by religious violence in Egypt
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