Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين الثاني (نوفمبر) 2, 2020
The Coptic Orthodox Church has released a book and documentary titled “The Holy Family’s Journey in Egypt”. It was produced at the Saint George (Mār Jirjis) Convent in Cairo’s historic Coptic quarter and has been released in six languages.
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 22, 2020
Church leaders in Egypt wished various leaders of the Egyptian government and Islamic institutions a happy Eid al-Fitr [ʿĪd al-Fiṭr] holiday.
Date of source: الأحد, تموز (يوليو) 12, 2020
Today Metropolitan Tādrus of Port Said and the representative of the diocese of Sydney greeted the priests and the church community on the occasion of the Apostles’ Fast. In a letter to the community Father Tādrus explained that bishop Daniel [Dāniyyāl] will adhere to five rules, made by pope...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 10, 2020
Sources from within the Church informed al-Dustūr that the bishop of Sydney, Bishop Daniel [Dāniyyāl], will return to his diocese after eight months of absence. Bishop Daniel had come to Egypt in November last year to attend a seminar by the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Following the...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 10, 2020
A number of Coptic intellectuals, members of parliament, and other public figures launched a signature campaign in support of Pope Tawāḍrūs who was attacked on social media. In a common statement, the group of people expressed their support for the Church and the Pope.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 1, 2020
On Wednesday the Egyptian Court of Cassation sentenced the monk Ashʿiyāʾ al-Maqārī, who was accused of killing the Bishop of the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great [Dayr Abū Maqār], to death. The punishment of the second accused was lowered to a life sentence. Both verdicts are final.
Date of source: السبت, حزيران (يونيو) 13, 2020
Many of the Coptic and secular leadership in Alexandria expressed their anger at a magazine that had placed Father Rāfāʾ īl, Bishop of central Cairo churches, on a picture with the former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, Muḥammad Badīʿ. The leaders considered this act an insult and an unacceptable...
Date of source: السبت, أيلول (سبتمبر) 12, 2020
The criminal court in Dokki [al-Duqqī], Giza, referred the lawsuit being raised by Bishop Aghāthūn, bishop of Maghāgha and al-ʿIdwah, against journalist Sāra ʿAllām to the circuit specialized in publication matters. Aghāthūn accused ʿAllām of insulting and defaming Pope Shinūda and Pope Tawāḍrūs...
Date of source: الجمعة, أيلول (سبتمبر) 11, 2020
Bishop Aghāthūn, bishop of Maghāgha and al-ʿIdwah, raised a complaint with the Holy Synod in its capacity as the highest power in the Coptic Orthodox Church against Pope Tawāḍrūs II because of the pope’s comments on the bishop’s lawsuit against a journalist at one the Egyptian newspapers.
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 10, 2020
His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II said that the convening of the Holy Synodduring 2020 was hindered because of the Coronavirus, in response to a question addressed to his Holiness by one of the attendees at the weekly meeting at the Church of Our Lady and Saint Bīshūy in St. Mark’s Cathedral in al-...