Date of source: Sunday, April 13, 2014
Ruways Morcos, General Deputy of the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral and official spokesperson for the Church in Alexandria, said that the travel ban to Jerusalem for Orthodox Copts was a decision of the Holy Synod is the highest authority in the church.
Date of source: Monday, December 3, 2018
The Saint Nicholas Church of the Greek Orthodox congregation on Tanis Street in the center of Alexandria faces neglect that threatens the collapse of the poor construction and architecture, especially that it has been closed for 20 years.
Date of source: Thursday, March 27, 2014
Father Ruways Morcos, deputy of the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria and member of the Holy Synod, stated that no new amendments or discussions will take place on the currently drafted Papal Election Regulations. He added that after the regulations are drafted linguisticly, it shall be...
Date of source: Monday, July 14, 2014
Saint Bishoy Monastery in Wadi Natrūn Monastery announced the opening of the shrine of the late Pope Shenouda III to visitors. The monastery is to receive Coptic and Muslim visitors to earn blessings and learn about his private life.
Date of source: Monday, March 17, 2014
Today the Coptic Orthodox Church commemorates the second anniversary of Pope Shinūda’s death in the monastery of St. Bīshūy (Dayr al-Anbā Bīshūy) in Wādī al- Natrūn. The Coptic Cultural Center in St Mark’s Cathedral in Abāssiyah will grant, in honor of Pope Shinūda III, an international prize,...
Date of source: Thursday, October 4, 2018
Bishop Munīr Ḥannā Anīs, the Archbishop of the Episcopal Church in Egypt, North Africa and Horn of Africa, sent a cable to President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, to congratulate him on the 45th anniversary of October victory.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 26, 2012
All Egyptian churches congratulated Mursī for winning the state’s top post as Coptic movements and citizens urged him to fulfill his promises, including the establishment of a state of citizenship.
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymā, the chairman of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod’s Information...
Date of source: Monday, May 28, 2012
“Copts freely voted for the candidates they deemed fit for the presidential position just like any other Egyptian citizen,” Kamīl Siddīq, the Alexandria cathedral’s Millī Council secretary, said in statements. [Rajab Ramadān, al-Misrī al-Yawm, May 28, p. 4] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2012
The Administrative Judiciary Court in Alexandria on Saturday (June 2) adjourned the Two Saints Church bombing case to the September 5 session to look into reports by the supreme state security prosecution and interior ministry on recent outcome of investigations.
Joseph Malāk, a lawyer for the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 3, 2012
“The life term handed down against the head of state is not an easy thing at all. After this court ruling, we, as a people, have to respect Egyptian justice and respect its decisions now that it brings to shame those who demanded purging it off,” said Dr. Kamīl Siddīq, Secretary of the Coptic...