Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 8, 2012
Bishop Marqus of Helwan and al-Ma’sarah denied any recommendations given by the Holy Synod to any of the candidates for the papal elections.
Moreover, Bishop Serapion of Los Angeles said that he will meet with a number of priests and bishops who will vote for the next patriarch and will discuss...
Date of source: الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 29, 2013
A number of 73 Copts left Cairo to Jerusalem City to celebrate Easter at the Church of the Resurrection. Sources said that not only Coptic Catholics traveled but also Orthodox regardless the decision of the late Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III banning visiting Jerusalem during the Israeli...
Date of source: الأربعاء, كانون الثاني (يناير) 9, 2013
Spokesman of President Mursī, Dr. Yāsir ꞌAlī, yesterday commented on statements delivered by President Mursī on Egyptian Christians describing them as “minorities”. Accusing media of delivering false reports, ꞌAlī argued that media have taken President Mursī’s statements out of context and that the...
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 9, 2012 to الأحد, آذار (مارس) 11, 2018
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, the chairman of the Coptic Orthodox Church Holy Synod’s Information Committee, said the country is already groaning, rejecting calls to start civil disobedience in protest at the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF)’s continuation in power.
“We have to work...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 3, 2013
Grand Shaykh of the Azhar, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, announced the launching of a satellite channel which, according to him, would be popularly accepted by Egyptians who trust in the moderate stance of The Azhar body.
Date of source: الاثنين, كانون الثاني (يناير) 16, 2017
“This design is preliminary and not final,” said Rev. Būlus Ḥalīm, official spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church, commenting on a picture of the cathedral in the new administrative capital, which was released by al-Yawm al-Sābiʿ and signed by Pope Tawāḍrūs II.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 21, 2016
The Holy Family came to Egypt, says the Biblical text. But it is silent on what they did once there. Coptic Orthodox tradition has filled in the details.
And now, as Arab West Report discovered on a visit led by Cornelis Hulsman on January 16, 2016, they have one detail more.
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 1, 2007
Bishop Marqus is Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Shubrā al-Khaymah, Cairo since 1978. On more than one occasion, Bishop Marqus has rejected Coptic activists' allegations that Copts in Egypt are persecuted by the Egyptian government or by Muslims in general. The Bishop said that foreign...
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The 1967 Six Day War with Israel changed the face of Coptic pilgrimage to Jerusalem.