Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 19, 2013
The heads of the Egyptian Churches signed the Constitution of the “Egyptian Churches Council” at the Coptic Cultural Center in Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in al-‘Abbāsīyyah. The Egyptian Churches Council includes the Coptic Orthodox, Catholic, and Evangelical Churches as long as Roman...
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2013
On Sunday, February 17, 2013 dozens of Copts and a number of revolutionary youth movements organized a march from Shubrā area of Cairo to the High Court. Their slogan was: “Our churches are not for war” (Tāriq Sabrī and Mustafá Rahūmah, al-Watan, Feb. 18, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2013
Copts in the village of Sirisnā in al-Faiyum Governorate performed prayers after the attack on St. George Church. Additionally, in the presence of an officer from the Tāmīyah police station, Copts from the village of Sirisnā met with the priests to discuss a way to confront the sectarian violence...
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 15, 2013
Dr. Safwat al-Bayādī, head of the Evangelical Church in Egypt, said that God is the protecter and the Church will pray for these terrorists so that God can guide them to build rather than destroy.
Father Rafīq Greish, spokesman of the Coptic Catholic Church, said that God protects his worship...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2013
In what could be the largest Christian Egyptian gathering in an “Islamist era”, the Council of Egyptian Churches, which is headed by Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, begins its work on Monday, February 18 (Author not mentioned, al-Sabāh, Feb. 17, p. 11). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2013
On the evening of Sunday, February 17, a number of Coptic movements organized a march from Shubrā to the High Court to condemn the burning of Saint George Church in the village Sirisnā in al-Faiyum on Saturday evening, February 16. The protesters demanded that the perpetrators be controlled and...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2013
According to a source of the church, in the last three months there have been differences between Christians and a neighboring Muslim family. A nursery was being built for the children of the village, but the family complained that the noise was bothering them.
Shaykh Abū Bakr ‘Abd al-Hādī of al-...
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 13, 2013
During the First International Conference of Council for Arab and International Relations held in Kuwait, the Egyptian businessman Naguib Sawiris said that the Arab revolutionaries are not succeeding. He bases this statement on what he sees happening in Libya, which has turned into an armed state,...
Date of source: الأربعاء, شباط (فبراير) 13, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II decided to form a Church committee headed by Bishop Yu’annis, a general priest of church services. The intention of this committee is to account for all church properties. Momentarily, there exists no type of documentation that proves the Church’s ownership of...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 12, 2013
Expatriate Copts are launching a conference today (February 12) in Amsterdam the capital of the Netherlands. The report came on "Copts United website" as follows:
Dutch Coptic Association holds conference of “Egypt under MB rule”
By-Girgis Tawfik | 7 February 2013
Coptic Dutch Association holds an...