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Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2012
Meanwhile, Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, the chairman of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod and the committee on registration of voters for the papal election, said the voter lists in Egyptian churches abroad will arrive on Saturday (July 14) to finalize the lists ahead of the deadline...
Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2012
Meanwhile, Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, the chairman of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod and the committee on registration of voters for the papal election, said the voter lists in Egyptian churches abroad will arrive on Saturday (July 14) to finalize the lists ahead of the deadline...
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2012
Meanwhile, a deadline for the voter registration committee on papal election in the Coptic Orthodox Church expires on Tuesday (July 10) as the final lists will be handed over to acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius. [‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, al-Wafd, July 8, p. 3] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, May 31, 2012
Acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius affirmed that the church does not interfere in political affairs nor does it take sides with this or that candidate.
“Copts have cast their votes as Egyptian citizens. If anyone votes for a certain candidate, then it happened as citizens,” he said during a meeting...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
A prominent bishop at the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church revealed that one of the reasons to exclude candidates for the Saint Mark chair will be “ill reputation”. [‘Abd al-Wahāb Sha’bān, al-Wafd, May 15, p. 1] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Friday, May 11, 2012
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and the spokemsan for the committee registering voters in the election of a new pope for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said the committee has been working for four days, adding the registration was closed on Friday due to recent calls to stage mass protests in...
Date of source: Friday, May 11, 2012
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and the spokemsan for the committee registering voters in the election of a new pope for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said the committee has been working for four days, adding the registration was closed on Friday due to recent calls to stage mass protests in...
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2012
A member in the 18-man committee supervising the papal elections revealed that Bishop Pachomius alone would decide on the names of the seven candidates for the pope position, if a large number of bishops and monks applied, in accordance with the 1957 statute that stipulates candidates must not be...
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: Sunday, January 6, 2013
In a related development, Bishop Bisantī of Hilwān and Ma’sarah denounced rumors, circulated by some websites, about Pope Tawadros mobilizing Coptic businessmen to withdraw their trust funds from Egyptian banks. He added that rumors like this depict Copts as if they are looking for their own...
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