Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 21, 2012
Presidential candidate Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā described Pope Shenouda as a “patriotic leader who has never bowed to pressures to get involved in sectarian strife from abroad or at home,” adding the pope has stood firmly in the face of divisions.
“Pope Shenouda’s stances were many, including...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 21, 2012
The pope’s body was carried by a military aircraft to Wādī al-Natrūn to be buried at the Bishop Bīshūy Monastery, where he used to seek reclusion.
Clad in their bulbous black miters, more than 110 bishops members of the Holy Synod in and outside Egypt as well as 500 priests, foreign delegations...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 19, 2012
Presidential candidate Hamdīn Sabbāhī announced that he stopped all activities for his campaign in mourning over Pope Shenouda, offering “sincerest condolences” to Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt and the world at large over their “national and spiritual loss”.
Presidential hopeful ‘Amr Mūsá, in...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 19, 2012
Presidential candidate Hamdīn Sabbāhī announced that he stopped all activities for his campaign in mourning over Pope Shenouda, offering “sincerest condolences” to Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt and the world at large over their “national and spiritual loss”.
Presidential hopeful ‘Amr Mūsá, in...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 19, 2012
Presidential candidate Hamdīn Sabbāhī announced that he stopped all activities for his campaign in mourning over Pope Shenouda, offering “sincerest condolences” to Coptic Orthodox Christians in Egypt and the world at large over their “national and spiritual loss”.
Presidential hopeful ‘Amr Mūsá, in...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 19, 2012
U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama expressed sadness over the death of Pope Shenouda and described him as a prominent advocate of religious tolerance and dialogue.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also offered condolences to Egyptians over the demise of the pope,...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 19, 2012
The Alexandria urgent matters court (First Circle) has adjourned the case of the Two Saints Church, filed by the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral and the families of martyrs and wounded persons, to the April 8 session upon the request of the church lawyer in light of the death of Pope Shenouda. [Rajab...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 19, 2012
The announcement of the death of Pope Shenouda has had an effect on relations between Muslims and Copts, who are always united in hard times as a Muslim family in Maghāghah, that had a long feud with a Coptic family in Shārūnah village, embarked in a good gesture on terminating the dispute that...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 19, 2012
Several parties and political movements expressed deep grief over the death of Pope Shenouda, including al-Wafd Party that voiced mourning in a statement to the Egyptian people – Muslims and Christians – over the departure of “a patriotic leader that was always interested in Egypt and its national...
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 19, 2012
Furthermore, Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb said the Azhar “feels a great loss and immense catastrophe by the death of great national symbol His Eminence Pope Shenouda III, praying the pope’s successor would continue his message and carry his torch of peace and endearment”. [Dīyā’...