Tag: Pope Shenouda

20/3/2012 Follow the mass funeral of late Pope Shenouda III at St. Mark’s Cathedral in the district of Abbasiya, Cairo, through Ahram Online's blow-by-blow coverage ... Read More

Pope Shenouda III: Four decades of Coptic history

20/4/2012 Sherif Tarek Since the 1970s, Coptic history has been largely shaped by the towering figure of Pope Shenouda III, remembered for both keeping the ... Read More

Pope Shenouda to be buried at Egypt’s St Bishoy Monastery

20/3/2012 Late Coptic pope to be laid to rest at St Bishoy Monastery, the desert sanctuary to which he would retreat to express papal displeasure ... Read More

New Papal Tomb St.Bishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery (Snaps)

19/3/2012 New Papal Tomb at St.Bishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery-Wadi Al Natroun – Egypt, where Pope Shenouda will be laid to rest on Tuesday, 20th of ... Read More

SCAF announces general mourning on Tuesday for Pope Shenouda

Zeinab El Gundy 19/3/2012 Egypt's ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) announced on Monday a general day of mourning for Pope Shenouda III ... Read More

Patriarch Kirill Mourns Pope Shenouda

19/3/2012 Translated using Google translate service. Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Kirill expressed his condolences to the members of the Holy Synod of the ... Read More

Thousands expected to gather for funeral of Pope Shenouda III Tuesday

19/3/2012 Bel Trew Funeral of Coptic Orthodox Church's leader is due to start 11am Tuesday at St Mark's Cathedral, Abbasiya; only invitation holders will be ... Read More

Ihsanoglu grieved over Pope Shenouda III’s demise

19/3/2012 Hameed Shaheen Islamabad—The Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu on Sunday in a statement expressed his shock at ... Read More

S M Krishna condoles Egyptian Pope Shenouda III’s death

19/3/2012 NEW DELHI: Describing Pope Shenouda III as a great Egyptian patriot, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna today expressed condolences on the demise of ... Read More

New Papal Tomb at St.Bishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery(Video)

19/3/2012 New Papal Tomb at St.Bishoy Coptic Orthodox Monastery-Wadi Al Natroun - Egypt, where Pope Shenouda will be laid to rest on Tuesday, 20th of ... Read More

Charismatic Pope Shenouda ushered Coptic Church into wider world

By Ramadan Al Sherbini, Correspondent 19/3/2012 On becoming the head of Egypt's Coptic Church in November 1971, Pope Shenouda III showed interest in promoting Orthodox ... Read More

How Pope Shenouda kept country calm

By Francis Matthew, Editor at Large 19/3/2012 Dubai: At midnight on Christmas Eve in 1985, the atmosphere in St Marks Cathedral in central Cairo was ... Read More

Coptic community mourns the passing of charismatic leader

19/3/2012 By Nathalie Farah, Staff Reporter Abu Dhabi: Members of the Coptic Christian community in the capital have experienced a myriad of emotions since the ... Read More

Elections for Pope Shenouda’s successor may be postponed: Sources

19/3/2012 Dina Ezzat Sources close to decision making circles in the Coptic Church say there is no rush to elect a new patriarch following the ... Read More

Copts mourn Pope Shenouda with eyes set on unclear future

19/3/2012 CAIRO: Just hours after his announced death on Saturday, thousands of inconsolable Coptic Christians flocked to the Cairo and Alexandria Cathedrals, uniting to mourn ... Read More

Coptic fears, Coptic hopes

18/3/2012 Dina Ezzat After the death of Pope Shenouda, some Copts look to the future with trepidation, others believe it is an opportunity to rectify ... Read More

Pope Benedict XVI offers prayers for Coptic Pope Shenouda III

18/3/2012 APF Vatican's Pope Benedict XVI expresses solidarity with Egypt's Coptic Orthodox community, following Coptic patriarch's death on Saturday. Pope Benedict XVI offered prayers Saturday ... Read More

Update:More Snaps From Cairo as hundred thousands pay their last respect to Papa Shenouda

18/3/2012 Egyptian Christians gather to mourn the death of Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, outside the Abassiya Cathedra in Cairo ... Read More

Pope Shenouda will be laid to rest on Tuesday

18/3/2012 Cairo: It has been decided by the special session of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Church that Pope Shenouda will be laid to ... Read More

Update:Latest Pics of Pope Shenouda from Cairo

18/3/2012 The body of Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church is displayed for public viewing inside the Abassiya Cathedra in Cairo ... Read More

First Video of Pope Shenouda after Demise