Date of source: Saturday, January 11, 2020
Copts demand a reply from the Coptic Church after the latter stopped a TV programme presented by bishop Zūsīma, bishop of Aṭfīḥ.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 7, 2020
American media shed light on al-Sīsī’s words to the Egyptian people during his visit to the cathedral last night for the 2020 Christmas Eve Mass. al-Sīsī thanked the Egyptian people for maintaining national unity and preventing sectarian wars.
Date of source: Monday, January 6, 2020
The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights criticised Egyptian security forces after the latter had prevented 4000 Coptic Christians from performing the New Year’s prayer in a building in Fāw Baḥarī village. The Christians of the village, which lies in Dishnā (Qinā governorate) in the south of...
Date of source: Friday, January 3, 2020
The Protestant Church of Egypt not only plays an important spiritual role for the Protestant Christian community but also makes social contributions to the entire Egyptian society, independent of skin colour, gender and religion.
Since his assumption of the position of president of the Protestant...
Date of source: Saturday, January 4, 2020
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, is holding Christmas mass Monday evening at the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ [Mīlād al-Masīḥ] in the New Administrative Capital for the third year in a row with President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī attending as well as a...
Date of source: Saturday, January 4, 2020
Forces from the military and police in Egypt intensified their security preparations hours before Christmas Eve mass on Monday evening, January 6th, as according to the Eastern calendar, which the Egyptian Orthodox Church is based on. During a meeting with several of his aides on Saturday,...
Date of source: Sunday, April 21, 2019
The Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt, headed by Pope Tawāḍrūs II of Alexandria and the Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, condemned the series of bombings that took place on the island of Sri Lanka today, which resulted in the deaths of dozens and the injury of hundreds of worshipers and believers. ...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 11, 2019
A state of controversy has erupted over the Los Angeles Coptic Orthodox Diocese’s decision to hold two masses for Christmas in 2020. The first would be on the 24th of next December, and the second would be on the 6th of the following January, coinciding with the western and eastern calendars. ...
Date of source: Saturday, August 10, 2019
On the seventh of August of each year, the Coptic Orthodox Church begins the fasting of the Virgin Mary (lent), lasting for 15 days, during this period daily prayers and liturgy along with the spiritual revival are held in the evening, where priests and bishops give various spiritual words...
Date of source: Friday, September 13, 2019
Christian officials and religious bodies celebrate these days the Egyptian or Coptic New Year, which begins with the feast of Nayrouz "ʿīd al-Nayrūz" in Arabic. With the rise of the sun of September 11, the year 6253 began according to the Egyptian calendar, which began in 4241 BC, but in terms...