Date of source: Saturday, August 11, 2012
Bishop Pachomius announced on August 10 the list of 17 candidates for the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch seat. They are seven bishops and ten monks:
Date of source: Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Pope Tawadros II have visited yesterday the Diocese of Public Services in celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the Diocese. Bishop Yunas stated that the Pope’s visit to the diocese started with a holy mass and Bishop Maximumus, the Archbishop and the Pope’s secretary, took part in the prayers (...
Date of source: Monday, April 2, 2018
Yesterday morning, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawāḍrūs II led the Palm Sunday Mass in the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the northern coast. He thanked the audience and remembered the martyrs of the terrorist attacks of Tanta and Alexandria on last year’s Palm Sunday.
Date of source: Monday, April 14, 2014
Pope Tawadros II led the Palm Sunday mass yesterday in the Monastery of Saint Bishoy in Wādī al-Natrūn. Many Bishops and hundreds of Copts attended it.
Hundreds of Copts celebrated Palm Sunday in the Cathedral of Abbāsiyah, amidst intensive security presence. Vendors sold palm leaves at the...
Date of source: Thursday, November 22, 2018
The Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt issued a statement concerning the Deir al-Sultan Monastery [Dayr al-Sulṭān] in which she confirms her good relations with churches of other denominations worldwide. The church further explained the historical background of Dayr al-Sulṭān in Jerusalem, saying: “...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Pope Tawāḍrūs II yesterday, in St. Bīshūy’s Monastery (Dayr al-Anbā Bīshūy) in Wadī al- Natrūn, led a mass commemorating Pope Shinūda’s death.
Date of source: Thursday, August 15, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate stated that it follows the critical situation that the country is going through. It denounced the consecutive attacks on Egypt’s Copts, their churches, and shops. The Patriarchate made a statement yesterday (August 14) denouncing the attacks on police stations and...
Date of source: Friday, March 14, 2014
His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs has announced that the coming Monday (March 17th) will be the second anniversary of Pope Shinūda’s death.
Date of source: Friday, July 20, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius and Minister of Antiquities Muhammad Ibrāhīm co-inaugurated the first museum of the belongings and possessions of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away in March. [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām, July 20, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Monday, June 25, 2012
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius said in a cable to Mursī that the results of the presidential election were expressive of the Egyptian people’s will about consolidating an aspired democracy.
He said that he expects Mursī to maintain the civil nature of an Egyptian...