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Date of source: Friday, November 30, 2012
Dr. Ṣafwat al-Bayādī, the head of the Coptic Evangelical Church, said Sāwī’s statements that he voted on behalf of the church inside the constituent assembly were a “joke in a time when Egypt lost its sense of humor”.
Date of source: Friday, November 30, 2012
Bishop Būla was commenting on statements by Muḥammad al-Sāwī, a member of the assembly, that he was representing the church on the panel. “I am afraid these statements were attributed to him (Sāwī) by mistake.”
Date of source: Friday, November 30, 2012
Bishop Būla, the representative of the church who quit the constituent assembly drafting a new constitution for Egypt, said the church has not authorized anyone to vote on its behalf over the draft.
Date of source: Monday, November 5, 2012
General ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and Minister of Defense and Military Production, and Lt. General Sidqī Subhī, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, sent congratulatory cables to Pope Tawadrus II and wished His Eminence success in buttressing national unity.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
George Fikrī from al-Shrūq al-Jadīd writes that Bishop Pachomius, the Acting Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, has banned all discussions about the upcoming elections of a new patriarch from Christian satellite television. Meanwhile, Bishop Bulā of Tanta and member of the nominations...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 20, 2014
In response to widespread rumors that the Minya Diocese is playing a role in campaigning for a certain candidate [name not mentioned], it has issued a statement rejecting this.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Bishop Angaelos [Anjilūs], the Pope’s secretary for the Coptic Orthodox dioceses of the USA, returned to Egypt this week and met Pope Tawāḍrūs II yesterday to discuss the demands of the priests and the congregation of t Northern Shubra, Cairo, which he supervised before he was appointed secretary...
Date of source: Monday, September 30, 2013
The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church will approve in a coming meeting before the end of the year four sets of internal regulations. The regulations include: regulations for the elections of the Pope, for new educational institutes, for Church education, and for new bishops. This is in the context...
Date of source: Sunday, October 21, 2018
Kamal Zākhir, the Founder of the Secular Coptic Current, has undergone a harsh attack on the social networking sites after the sermon he delivered in Mary Girgis Church at al-Qulalī district, Cairo; moreover, the sermon created controversy between the conservative and reformist currents in the...
Date of source: Sunday, October 21, 2018
Kamāl Zākhir, Founder of the Secular Coptic Current (SCC), said that there is a tendency to hold the SCC’s 6th conference in November a few days before the meeting of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
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