Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Meanwhile, the lists of voters electing a new pope for the Coptic Orthodox Church in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who died in March, were placed on the notice boards of the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah and churches in governorates.
The eligible Coptic voters number...
Date of source: Friday, June 1, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church emphasized that it grants full freedom for all its congregation to choose between the two presidential candidates in the runoff, reiterating that it stands at an equal distance towards all candidates, said Bishop Thomas of al-Qūsīyah after a Holy Synod meeting on...
Date of source: Sunday, December 8, 2013
Pope Tawadros II has congratulated the Egyptian people on drafting the new Constitution that has assured a “balance among the sons of the homeland”. He also saluted the members of the Constituent Assembly and called upon all the people to take part in the referendum. He stated this in a meeting...
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
Bishop Bisāntī of Helwan and al-Ma’sarah, commenting on the initial results of the first round of Egypt’s post-revolution presidential elections in which Mursī and Shafīq made it to the runoff round, said Christians will accept what God Has chosen and the president approved by the Egyptian people....
Date of source: Sunday, May 27, 2012
Bishop Bisāntī of Helwan and al-Ma’sarah, commenting on the initial results of the first round of Egypt’s post-revolution presidential elections in which Mursī and Shafīq made it to the runoff round, said Christians will accept what God Has chosen and the president approved by the Egyptian people....
Date of source: Tuesday, May 22, 2012
The Church’s Holy Synod reiterated that it will not back a certain candidate versus another, adding it stands on the same distance towards all candidates but prays that the Lord would choose for Egypt the best one who would observe justice and equality among all citizens.
“The church leaves the...
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2012
Priest Angelus, the secretary of Bishop Pachomius, denied that the interim leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church ran in the elections over the chair of St. Mark the Apostle, adding Bishop Pachomius has over and again said he would not seek any positions and only seeks the service of the church and...
Date of source: Friday, January 11, 2013
The Palestinian and Syrian case topped the meetings of the Azhar, Coptic Orthodox Pope, Palestinian President, and Iranian Foreign Minister.
Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb said that Jerusalem is not only an occupied land but an Islamic and Christian sanctuary. He added that the Palestinian case is not only a...
Date of source: Friday, April 20, 2012
The Maspero Youth Union (MYU) and the staff of al-Katībah al-Tībīyah (Theban Legion) magazine held regal commemoration over the death of His Holiness Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III at the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbassīyah.
The Coptic Orthodox Church decided to expand the...
Date of source: Friday, April 20, 2012
The Maspero Youth Union (MYU) and the staff of al-Katībah al-Tībīyah (Theban Legion) magazine held regal commemoration over the death of His Holiness Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III at the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbassīyah.
The Coptic Orthodox Church decided to expand the...