Tag: alexandria
Metropolitan Hilarion meets with Patriarch Theodore of Alexandria
14.06.2011 On June 13, 2011, Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, head of the Department for External Church Relations, paid a visit to the residence of Patriarch ... Read More
Holy Pentecost Celebrations at Nag Hammdi
13/6/2011 OCP Exclusive The Pentecost from St.Virgin Mary & St.Pope Kyrillos VI-Nag Hammdi,Qena-Egypt on Sunday 12th, 2011. Snaps depicting the prostration of the Coptic Orthodox ... Read More
Former Egyptian Interior Minister Accused of Collusion in Alexandria Church Bombing
Former Interior Minister Habib El Adly By Mary Abdelmassih 6-4-2011 (AINA) — The Egyptian attorney general has reopened the investigation into the bombing of the ... Read More
Praying With Icons: A Short History of Icons – Excerpt
By Jim Forest 18/5/2011 Visit Jim and Nancy Forest’s website here Here follows an extract from Praying With Icons by Jim Forest, published by Orbis ... Read More
Egyptian church calls on Copts to abandon Protest
16/5/2011 CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s Pope Shenouda, head of the Orthodox Coptic church, called on Christians to abandon a demonstration against attacks on their community ... Read More
Bulgarian Orthodox Church Honors Batak Martyrs for 1st Time
16/5/2011 The holy relics of the Bulgarian Batak martyrs will be taken out of the Sveta Nedeliya church in the town for the first time ... 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
At least 6 dead in Egyptian sectarian Violence
By Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Ian Lee, For CNN 8/5/2011 Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — At least six people were killed and 120 injured in sectarian ... Read More
Coptic Christians in Egypt: Standing at the Crossroads
Mirette Bahgat 2011 Atlas Corps Fellow 6/5/2011 On the morning of January, 28th, 2011 — the morning of the “Friday of Anger” protests in Egypt ... Read More
Muslims Protest At Church in Cairo
By Mary Abdelmassih 4-30-2011 (AINA) — Thousands of Muslim demonstrators gathered in front St. Read More