Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 19, 2021
The Coptic Orthodox Church has decided to hold a weekly sermon in the English language in one of Hurghada's churches in the Red Sea governorate to promote tourism in coastal cities.
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 5, 2021
The Egyptian Dār al-Iftāʾ clarified, in official fatwā No 5016, published on its official website, its ruling regarding the use of comics to make fun of people, in response to a question received, was answered by the Grand Mufti of the Republic Shawqī ʿAllām.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آب (اغسطس) 4, 2021
The Sharqiyya Diocese announced the return of a Coptic girl, Raymonda Sameh [Raymūndā Sāmiḥ], after it was rumoured she disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Bishop Maqār, bishop of al-Sharqiyya, thanked the Ministry of Interior and the security services for the girl’s safe return.
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آب (اغسطس) 3, 2021
The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates the 98th anniversary of the Birth of Pope Shinūda, the 117th Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Pope Shinūda passed away at the age of 89 in 2012 and was buried in a special shrine at the Monastery of Bishop Bīshūy in Wādī al Naṭrūn.
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 2, 2021
The Coptic Orthodox Church announced the inauguration of the Virgin Mary Monastery in Mount Asyūṭ (known as the Monastery of Durunka). The opening ceremony of the monastery’s archaeological cave after its restoration witness the presence of Bishop Yūʾanis, bishop of Asyut along with a number of...
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 2, 2021
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, the Pope of Alexandria, held a meeting at the papal headquarters at St Mark’s Cathedral in al-ʿAbbāsiyya, with members of the Coptic Endowments Authority, including Fr. Mūsa Ibrāhīm, the official spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church. The meeting discussed ways to control the...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 1, 2021
The Coptic Orthodox Church and the Evangelical Community, represented in, Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, and Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, the President of the Evangelical Community in Egypt, mourn with great sadness the martyrs of the homeland who died in the...
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 31, 2021
Orthodox Copts will celebrate the Birth of Virgin Mary in the next month, during which they will visit monasteries and churches. The Virgin’s Monastery in Durnuka Mountain, in Asyūṭ, holds particular fame as it was the last stop for the holy family on their way to Palestine.
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 8, 2021
Archbishop Mūsā Ibrāhīm, the official spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, announced that two cooperation agreements were signed today at the Papal Headquarters in Cairo between the Coptic Bishopric of Public, Ecumenical and Social Services (BLESS) and Egypt’s Ministry of Manpower, in the...
Date of source: الخميس, تموز (يوليو) 8, 2021
Egyptian churches announced that they have taken a number of urgent measures to support Egypt in its position regarding the Nile waters, after Ethiopia had stated it started the second filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in a unilateral action.