Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 23, 2012
Dr. Ahmad Kamāl Abū al-Majd, Vice-President of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), expressed his deep sorrow for the departure of his "friend”, Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III.
Abū al-Majd offered his condolences to the members of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod, and said that Pope...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 23, 2012
Ambassador Mujtaba Amani, who heads the Iranian affairs mission in Cairo, offered his condolences to Bishop Pachomius for Pope Shenouda’s death, expressing the will to continue the religious dialogue with the Coptic Church. [Author not mentioned, al-Jumhūrīyyah, March 23, 2012, p. 2] Read the...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 23, 2012
Additionally, the Holy Synod decided in its first meeting after Pope Shenouda’s funeral to open the door for nominations for the patriarchate on April 27, 2012.
Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Holy Synod and Metropolitan of Damietta and Kafr al-Shaykh, said that according to a law of 1971,...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 23, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod announced in an official statement on March 23, 2012 that Bishop Pachomius of Beheira and five cities is the Coptic Orthodox Acting Patriarch.
Bishop Pachomius cannot not run for patriarch and would be responsible for the church until the new patriarch is elected,...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 23, 2012
The statement continued that the members of the People’s Assembly and the Shurá Council will choose on March 24, 2012 the 100 members of the constituent assembly for drafting the constitution and will ensure that all intellectual and political orientations are represented.
The FJP statement also...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 20, 2012
Official Muslim organizations – the Azhar, the Academy of Islamic Research, the Iftā’ House and the Ministry of Awqāf (Endowments) – sent high-ranking delegations to offer condolences over the death of Pope Shenouda, mourning the Coptic religious leader as a “symbol of peace and amity that will be...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 20, 2012
Katātnī offered condolences over the death of Pope Shenouda during his a meeting on Monday (March 19) with Bishop Bākhūmius, who is temporarily running the church affairs pending the election of a new pope, Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy synod, and Bishop Armīyā, the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 20, 2012
Dr. Muhammad Salīm al-‘Awwā, a presidential candidate, said the loss of Pope Shenouda was a grave one, adding the Coptic Orthodox Church is an old institution that has its own traditions.
“The successor pope will not change much of Pope Shenouda’s ways because the fundamental principles of the...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 20, 2012
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed “sincerest condolences” to the Egyptian people over the death of Pope Shenouda III as Secretary General Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said in an official statement on Monday (March 19) that the deceased was a great spiritual leader who...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, آذار (مارس) 20, 2012
Official Muslim organizations – the Azhar, the Academy of Islamic Research, the Iftā’ House and the Ministry of Awqāf (Endowments) – sent high-ranking delegations to offer condolences over the death of Pope Shenouda, mourning the Coptic religious leader as a “symbol of peace and amity that will be...