Tag: Mohamed Morsi

Egyptian President Orders Gov’t to Rehouse Christians Fleeing Sinai Violence

Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE- February 26, 2017

© REUTERS/ Philippe Wojazer Sputniknews - 26/2/17 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Sisi has ordered the government to provide housing to Christians fleeing violence on the ... 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

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

Gunmen kill 3 in shooting spree at Egyptian Coptic church

OCP- October 21, 2013

21/10/13 At least three people were killed, including an eight-year-old girl, and around 12 others wounded after unknown gunmen opened fire on wedding guests outside ... Read More

Egypt fails to stop revenge attacks on Copts

OCP- October 11, 2013

11/10/13 CAIRO - Egyptian security forces failed to stop revenge attacks against Coptic Christians after a deadly crackdown on supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi ... Read More

Orthodox Coptic bishop addresses bishops at plenary

OCP- October 9, 2013

Deborah Gyapong / Canadian Catholic News. SAINTE-ADELE, Que. (CCN)- 9/10/13 CCCB members hear about Mubarak regime and Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood Coptic Orthodox ... Read More

Egyptian military chief vows to rebuild Coptic Churches

OCP- August 17, 2013

17/8/13 The Egyptian defense minister has ordered the repair and reconstruction of  all churches that suffered damage in the country’s violent demonstrations since  the Egyptian ... Read More

Morsi Supporters Attack Coptic Churches in Sohag, Menya and Dilg

OCP- August 14, 2013

The Good Shepherd Church, Suze Sohag St. George church attacked by Morsi supporters (Mostafa Hussein) St. Tadros church in Minia A photo of St. George ... Read More

Monks in Egypt’s Lawless Sinai Hope to Preserve an Ancient Library

OCP- July 23, 2013

Ladan Cher / Sinai Deser - 23/7/13 Just as they have done for 17 centuries, the Greek Orthodox monks of St. Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt’s Sinai desert ... Read More

Egypt deserves better: Pope Tawadros

OCP- June 24, 2013

June 2013 Members of Egypt’s Christian minority are free to express their opinions on the streets, just as they were to vote for whomever candidate ... Read More

Egypt Finally Permits Another Church Building (But 149 More Still Pending)

OCP- June 13, 2013

World Watch Monitor - 13/6/13 Why did President Mohamed Morsi choose to approve his first church permit now? (WWM) Seventeen years have elapsed since the ... Read More

Christians in Egypt Remember the Massacre One Year Ago

OCP- October 12, 2012

Matthew Clark 12/10/2012 One year ago, dozens of Christians were murdered in Egypt as the nation’s military carried out a brutal massacre. Coptic Christians were ... Read More