Date of source: Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Tomorrow marks the eighth anniversary of the founding of the Egyptian Council of Churches (ECC), which was established on February 18, 2013, by the heads and members of the Egyptian churches. The idea for the council came after Egyptian churches participated in meetings held by the Middle Eastern...
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2013
In what could be the largest Christian Egyptian gathering in an “Islamist era”, the Council of Egyptian Churches, which is headed by Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, begins its work on Monday, February 18 (Author not mentioned, al-Sabāh, Feb. 17, p. 11). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 4, 2007
The Coptic Orthodox Church affirms that Pope Shenouda III headed for Cleveland Clinic in Ohio for a kidney check up and not for surgery. Meanwhile, laymen have called to amend the bylaw of electing the patriarch, especially with the escalating fears about the pope’s health conditions.