Date of source: Thursday, May 24, 2012
Father Rafīq Greish, the official spokesman for the Coptic Catholic Church, said the opinions by youths are totally different from their families’ thanks to the fact that candidates are varied.
Dr. Andrea Zakī, the deputy head of the Coptic Evangelical Church, said Egyptians’ participation in the...
Date of source: Monday, May 21, 2012
Meanwhile, Bishop Abrām of al-Fayyoum, a member of the papal elections committee, said the panel will announce the final list of candidates for the patriarch post by May 30, adding the committee will continue collecting papers of candidates until May 26. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm, May 21, p....
Date of source: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius called on Muslims and Copts to participate in the election of a new president.
“We, as a church, believe that a good ruler is sent by the Lord. Any person, Christian or not Christian, should shoulder that spiritual responsibility of...
Date of source: Sunday, May 20, 2012
The papal elections committee announced on Sunday (May 19) the expiry of a deadline to receive papers of candidacy for the post of patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church in succession of Pope Shenouda III as the final number of applicants reached 18 – eight bishops and 10 monks. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-...
Date of source: Sunday, May 20, 2012
The coalition warned of “schism some are trying to ignite between the Coptic congregation and the church clergymen by finding faults with words and taking statements out of their contexts”.
“The calls for observation of modesty in clothing were mentioned in the teachings of the apostles and were at...
Date of source: Thursday, May 10, 2012
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and chairman of the committee on registration of voters of a new patriarch, said he will meet with Bishop Pachomius on Thursday (May 10) to determine standards on voters from parishes abroad after a decision by the Holy Synod to allow them to cast their votes. [‘...
Date of source: Saturday, May 5, 2012
A group of Coptic activists severely criticized the participation of Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and Dr. Safwat al-Bayyādī of the Coptic Evangelical Church in the Egyptian delegation traveling to Saudi Arabia to meet Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King ‘Abd Allāh bin ‘Abd al-‘Azīz.
The...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
A church source said acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius named 10 persons to represent the Coptic Orthodox Church at the constitutional assembly, most notably are Bishop Mūsá of Youth, Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, Counselor Edward Ghālib and Ambassador Wahīb al-Minyāwī. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
A church source said acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius named 10 persons to represent the Coptic Orthodox Church at the constitutional assembly, most notably are Bishop Mūsá of Youth, Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, Counselor Edward Ghālib and Ambassador Wahīb al-Minyāwī. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī...
Date of source: Monday, April 30, 2012
Bishop Mūsá of Youth said he will not run in the elections over a new patriarch for the Coptic Orthodox Church, saying he is not up to such an honorable post. “I am 74 years old and I have problems in the heart and kidneys,” he said, praying in statements to al-Misrī al-Yawm that the Lord would...