Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 17, 2013
During the first meeting led by Pope Tawadros II after his enthronement last November, a preliminary draft bylaw on monasticism was completed. The meeting was attended by 70 bishops, abbots, and monks.
According to al-Watan newspaper, the preliminary draft introduces regulations on several...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 21, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox Church announced that Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II will ordain a number of new priests and bishops on March 3 and 10. Al-Watan was informed that the Church is planning to expand within Europe and increase the number of members of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod (Mustafá...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 17, 2018
The Salafist Call [al-Daʿwā al-Salafiyya] and al-Nūr Party have intensified efforts to urge the supporters of the Salafist movement abroad, especially in the Gulf region, to participate in the presidential election vote.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 17, 2018
The Evangelical Community in Egypt announced that it will officially celebrate Easter on April 7, at the Evangelical Church in Heliopolis. The celebration will be headed by Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, the community’s president.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2013
This Christmas, enhanced security measures have been put in place at churches in Egypt, including the installation of additional security barricades and special guards, after 3 Palestinians pretended they were Copts, trying to enter the Church in 6th of October City during New Year Mass (December...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 1, 2013
Pope Tawadros said that churches will continue celebrating Christmas even after the blast targeted the Church of Misrata, Libya.
Date of source: الاثنين, آب (اغسطس) 28, 2017
CTV interviewed Pope TawāḍrūsII following the opening of the first Coptic Church in Japan during his first ever visit to the country. “We built the church upon the request of Copts in Japan so that they do not feel isolated,” said the Pope. A priest from Australia will be delegated to serve...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 30, 2017
Pope Tawāḍrūs, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark, anticipated the expected attacks accompanying the Church’s preparation of the Holy Myron oil next Tuesday at the Monastery of St. Bīshūy in Wādī al-Naṭrūn. This will be the thirty-ninth time in the history of the church [to prepare...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 19, 2017
The “Coordinating Citizenship” Program, which includes Coptic activists, party-members, and parliamentarians, issued a statement in which it affirmed its rejection of the special visit conducted by the Committee on Religious Freedoms of the U.S. State Department to Egypt. They also rejected...
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2014
The lack of security helped increase the cases of Copts kidnapped in Upper Egypt for the purposes of obtaining a ransom.