Date of source: Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Pope Tawāḍrūs II consecrated the baptismal font and icons at the Church of the Virgin Mary and St. Demiana [Dimiyāna] in Shubrā after finishing consecrating the church’s six altars.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Over the last two decades, the Coptic Orthodox Church has expressed its opposition to several films and television shows, both domestic and international, resulting in the cancellation of some of these works and censorship of others. The reasons for the church’s disapproval vary.
Date of source: Sunday, September 6, 2020
The Coptic Orthodox Church continues to ordain new monks and nuns in different Coptic monasteries. The most recent ordination was of 17 nuns among the students from the Monastery of Prince Tāwadrūs the Levantine and the Monastery of the Archangel Michael [Mīkhāʾīl] in Qāmūlā, western Luxor.
Date of source: Friday, August 28, 2020
Amidst the security and precautionary measures, the village of Mīt Damsīs in Ajā celebrated the feast day of Saint George [Mār Jirjis] at the monastery named after him. The monastery was careful to make visitors adhere to the precautionary measures inside the church and when visiting religious and...
Date of source: Monday, August 24, 2020
Bishop Dūmādiyyūs, bishop of Giza and Ūsīm, revealed that he visited Wāʾil Saʿad Tawāḍrūs, formerly Monk Ashʿiyāʾ, who was sentenced to death for killing Bishop Epiphanius [Epīphaniyyūs], head of St. Macarius Monastery (dayr Abū Maqār) in Wādī al-Naṭrūn.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Pope Tawāḍrūs II was brutally attacked by Coptic activists on social media after allowing Dr. George Ḥabīb Bibāwī to receive the church’s sacraments even though the Holy Synod under Pope Shinūdah III excommunicated him in 2007.
Date of source: Thursday, August 6, 2020
Orthodox Copts on Friday evening begin the fast of the Virgin Mary [Dormition fast] for 15 days. It is among the second tier fasts that allow the consumption of fish.
Date of source: Friday, April 3, 2020
Bishop Bākhūm, the official spokesperson for the Catholic Church in Egypt, announced decisions made by the Catholic Synod to suspend Holy Week and Easter Day liturgies and limit these liturgies to church priests and deacons only. Liturgies, however, will be broadcasted online for the rest of the...
Date of source: Sunday, May 31, 2020
On June 1st, Coptic Orthodox Churches will be having mass for the first time since the decision to suspend liturgies and masses at churches in March as according to Coronavirus precautionary measures. Masses will be without the presence of a congregation.
Date of source: Thursday, May 28, 2020
Churches have settled on a group of precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the novel Coronavirus among churchgoers whenever they return for religious services. This is in addition to a forthcoming decision by the Egyptian Cabinet about reopening houses of worship in mid-June. Measures...