Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2021
Ambassador Nabīlā Makram ʿAbd al-Shahīd, Minister of State for Emigration and Egyptian Expatriates' Affairs, congratulated Fr. Angelos Saad [Anjīlūs Mikhāʾīl Saʿad], pastor of the Coptic Orthodox Church “Virgin Mary and St. Athanasius Church” by naming the city’s famous Fallingbrook park after him...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2021
Fr. Barnābā, Bishop of Rome and Turin, held a ceremony in honour of Ambassador Hishām Badr, the Ambassador of Egypt in Rome, with his term coming to an end, at the headquarters of the Coptic Church, in the presence of a group of priests, officials from the embassy and a large number of members of...
Date of source: Monday, September 27, 2021
On Sunday, September 26, Ambassador Aḥmad Abū Zayd, the Egyptian ambassador to Canada, participated in a celebration held by the Missisauga City Council to honour Archpriest Anjīlūs Saʿad, pastor of the Coptic Orthodox Church “Virgin Mary and St. Athanasius”.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 31, 2021
On Monday, August 30, Canadian police released a statement announcing the arrest of a 35-year-old woman named Kathleen Panek, on August 26. The police charged her with arson in connection with a fire that destroyed the St George Coptic Orthodox Church in British Columbia, western Canada.
Date of source: Saturday, August 28, 2021
Bishop Daniel of Sydney is now subject to a police investigation following allegations of serious fraud within the church.
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 2021
Why do we often talk about Copts and the 1952 Revolution? Was the revolution at that time against the Copts as a religious sect, as if we still lived in the Ottoman confessional system? Was the revolution against the interests of the feudal and capitalist class of the Copts alone? Do we measure...
Date of source: Monday, July 5, 2021
Ambassador Nabīla Makram ʿAbd al-Shahīd, Minister of State for Immigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs, met with His Grace Bishop Joseph, General Bishop for Africa, to discuss strengthening cooperation and coordination within the framework of ‘Egypt’s Voice in Africa’ initiative.
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: 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: Saturday, May 16, 2020
Several churches affiliated with the Egyptian Orthodox Church in the diaspora have decided to start holding masses again, on the condition that strict rules are put in place to reign in the spread of the coronavirus.