Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 2, 2012
Bishop Armiyā, secretary of late Pope Shenouda III, said it was the Holy Synod that picked Bishop Pachomius as acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, wondering why Bishop Pachomius should be relieved now.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 2, 2012
The church had commenced on Monday (October 1) fasting for three days to pray for the smooth election of the 118th pope of the See of Saint Mark.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 16, 2012
The nominations committee is holding a meeting at the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah under acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius to reconsider the date for holding the election.
Date of source: السبت, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 3, 2012
Albair Sābir ‘Ayyād, a 27-year-old Christian young man who is under investigative custody on charges he disdained religions, dismissed the accusations and said what he spoke about on his social media networking websites Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages already exist in comparative theology and...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 31, 2012
Al-Shurūq al-Jadīd newspaper published a cartoon deriding the Muslim Brotherhood’s domination over state positions. It showed three Christian clergymen telling a child, supposedly the one to take the alter lot to name of one three finalists as pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church on Sunday (November...
Date of source: الأربعاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 31, 2012
Sunday (November 4) will mark the altar lot that would name a new pope to succeed Pope Shenouda III, who passed away on March 17, 2012, among three candidates – Bishop Raphael, Bishop Tawdrus and Archpriest Raphael Ava Mina.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 30, 2012
Public Coptic figures agreed that acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius has successfully run the transitional period that has been tough for the church. [
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 30, 2012
The ceremony to elect three out of five candidates in the papal elections was carried by the Egyptian TV and radio thanks to support from the church and the voting committee.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 30, 2012
Hudá Mikhail ‘Abd al-Malik, a former director general from Cairo, praised women’s representation in the committee overseeing the papal elections.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 30, 2012
Bishop Antonius of Ireland and Scotland said all expatriate Copts are keen on attending the great day of elections that some of them had private flight reservations, adding all Copts would cooperate with the new patriarch for the good of the church. [