Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 24, 2013
A conference on the position of minorities in Egypt is currently underway, the largest of its kind under the Muslim Brotherhood government. Organized by the Coptic group "Middle East forum for liberties", and headed by Majdī Khalīl, over 70 academics and researchers specializing in minorities will...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 19, 2013
The Coptic Church will hold its first conference discussing divorce and second marriages at Wādī al-Natrūn in May. The conference will continue for four days, and will be attended by Pope Tawadros and over 100 bishops, priests, and legal advisers, and will be headed by Bishop Būlā of Tantā, head of...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 15, 2013
Dozens of Copts surrounded the Libyan Embassy in Cairo on March 14 for the second time in two days, demonstrating against the death of a Christian and demanding the release of others who are accused of proselytizing and compensation for their loss as well as an official apology from the state of...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 10, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II announces the new dioceses’ divisions today (March 10, 2013) inside and outside Egypt. For instance, Giza diocese was separated into five different dioceses. Also, he will announce the new formation of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod, as well as, ordain seven new...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 4, 2013
Leader of the NSF, Dr. Wahīd ‘Abd al-Majīd revealed that the Front is preparing to form a “People’s Parliament” to challenge the legislative policies for the upcoming parliamentary election. The upcoming elections have been described as “invalid” because it will be a parliament in favor of one...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 4, 2013
Leader of the NSF, Dr. Wahīd ‘Abd al-Majīd revealed that the Front is preparing to form a “People’s Parliament” to challenge the legislative policies for the upcoming parliamentary election. The upcoming elections have been described as “invalid” because it will be a parliament in favor of one...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 3, 2013
The Maspero Youth Union organized an evening protest outside the headquarters of the United Nations in Cairo to protest, what they described as systematic attacks on churches and persecution of Copts within Egypt, as well as the failure of the Foreign Ministry to protect Copts in Libya. Other...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 26, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II decided to form a committee to review the sanctions of exclusion that former Pope Shenouda imposed on some well-known figures of the Church for committing church violations. Every case will be reviewed and the Pope himself will make a decision whether to lift the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, شباط (فبراير) 26, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II decided to form a committee to review the sanctions of exclusion that former Pope Shenouda imposed on some well-known figures of the Church for committing church violations. Every case will be reviewed and the Pope himself will make a decision whether to lift the...
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...