Tag: alexandria
The Ethiopians living on the roof
By Christopher Howse 2/12/2011 Sacred mysteries: An ancient African monastery is perched above the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. I went to see the Ethiopians on ... Read More
Egypt’s Coptic Christians Brace for Life Under the Muslim Brotherhood
BY JAMES HEISER 8/12/2011 As militant Islamists celebrate their decisive victory in the recent Egyptian election, Coptic Christians are bracing themselves for the next round ... Read More
Church: 70% of Copts voted during first phase of elections
Emad Khalil 04/12/2011 Christians do not fear the rise of Islamists in Egypt — what scares them instead are electoral tactics that go against religious ... Read More
Coptic Church to support independents in run-off Elections
Ragab Ramadan 04/12/2011 The Coptic Orthodox Church will support independent candidates in Alexandria against Islamist parties in the run-offs for the first phase of the ... Read More
Conference on the problem of discrimination and persecution against Christians opens in Moscow
1.12.2011 A Conference on the Freedom of Faith: the Problem of Discrimination and Persecution of Christians opened at the conference hall of “Danilovskaya” hotel in ... Read More
What’s to become of Mideast Christians?
Syria’s Christians fear President Bashar al-Assad’s downfall, Henry Srebrnik writes. By Henry Srebrnik 22/11/2011 The Arab awaking has been, at best, a mixed blessing for ... Read More
Communiqué of Meeting of the Primates and representatives of seven Local Orthodox Churches held in Moscow on the occasion of the 65th birthday of the…
On November 21, 2011, the Primates and representatives of seven Local Orthodox Churches: Antiochian, Russian, Georgian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Polish and of the Czech Lands and ... Read More
Is liberalism killing the copts?
Marc Michael 18/11/2011 One consequence of neo-liberal policies under Mubarak lead to religious ghettoisation of Egypt says author. Cambridge, United Kingdom – On ‘bloody’ Sunday ... Read More
COMMON DECLARATION BY THE HEADS OF THE ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCHES
THE MEETING OF THE HEADS OF THE ORIENTAL ORTHODOX CHURCHES Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate Cairo, Egypt 14 November 2011 In the name of the Father, the ... Read More