Date of source: Sunday, September 6, 2020
According to a statement from the Coptic Church, Pope Tawāḍrūs II met with businessman Naguib Sawiris [Najīb Sāwīris] on Sunday, as well as engineer ʿAdlī Tūmā.
Date of source: Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Several Coptic Orthodox Church dioceses across North America held meetings and conferences recently to discuss sexual abuse within the church.
Father Būlus Ḥalīm, the official spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that the Diocese of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia in...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Al-Rīmās Film Production Company has completed all its preparations for the film "The Pope" including preparing costumes for characters, building appropriate sets, and obtaining all the approvals and permits for filming from the necessary authorities. The film is based on the life of Pope Shinūda...
Date of source: Saturday, August 1, 2020
The Coptic Orthodox Church has allowed the partial reopening of churches for masses, funerals, and weddings beginning Monday, August 3, given the continued drop in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths according to data from the Egyptian Health Ministry.
Date of source: Sunday, September 20, 2020
Pope Tawāḍrūs II stressed that establishing a diocese for American and Canadian youth could impact and influence the Coptic Orthodox Church’s service to young people. The idea stems from a youth diocese that Pope Shinūda III established around 40 years ago.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 5, 2020
Work has finished on all the final features of the Central Papal Library at the St. Pishoy [Bīshūy] Monastery in Wādī al-Naṭrūn, the location of the papal seat.
Last year when the library officially opened for the first time, Pope Tawāḍrūs II wrote an article on the library’s goals and how it will...
Date of source: Monday, July 6, 2020
The Coptic Orthodox archdiocese of Samālūt headed by Archbishop Pevnotios [Bifnūtiyūs] has announced that it is beginning to prepare on a film called Martyrs of Faith and the Homeland [Shuhadāʾ al-Imān wa al-Waṭan] with the blessings of the Church and Pope Tawāḍrūs II.
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: Saturday, October 31, 2020
The draft of a law for Christian families in Egypt has again resulted in disagreements between churches, which were conveyed in notes sent to the government.
Date of source: Monday, October 26, 2020
Metropolitan Sirābiyūn [Serapion], archbishop of Los Angeles and its subsidiaries, stressed that there are different explanations to the statements made by Pope Francis about gay rights with some saying that these statements were made at different times, or that they were grouped together by the...