Date of source: Thursday, November 29, 2012
The al-Marj Court of Misdemeanor adjourned the trial of Albir ʿAyyād Sābir, a Copt who faces charges of religion disdaining, insulting prophets and openly casting doubts over heavenly books and sanctities, to the December 12 session as courts are on a strike protesting a constitutional declaration...
Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2012
Muḥsin George, a member of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Millī Council in Alexandria, said Pope Tawāḍrus II is a wise personality and a devout religious leader, expressing confidence that the new pope would overcome all challenges facing him during his time on the chair of Saint Mark.
Date of source: Sunday, November 25, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawāḍrūs II postponed a visit he was scheduled to pay to Alexandria on Saturday (November 24) due to bad security conditions in the Mediterranean city.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church prohibited the five candidates for papal chair of Saint Mark in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away on March 17, 2012, from appearing on satellite channels before the election of the 118th pope.
Date of source: Friday, November 2, 2012
The Alexandria Administrative Judiciary Court adjourned the Two Saints Church case to the November 24 session to notify the president of the republic and chief of intelligence service in their official capacities as adversaries in the case.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Thirty-one eligible archons representing the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria participated in the elections on Monday (October 29), said Kimīl Siddīq, Secretary of the Lay Council in the Mediterranean city.
Date of source: Saturday, October 27, 2012
The Vatican’s news agency Fides said the first Egyptian Catholic TV station will be launched in 2013 under the name al-Salām (Peace) to be the voice of a Coptic Catholic community living in a large country ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Thursday, October 25, 2012
The five candidates for the post of Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church resumed visits to the parishes and churches nationwide and attended a morning mass at the Mar Mina al-‘Ajāybī Monastery in the area of King Maryūt, Alexandria, on Wednesday (October 24).
Date of source: Thursday, October 25, 2012
Muslim and Christian thinkers agreed during an intercultural dialogue forum held by the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) in Alexandria that the freedom of expression is one of the basic principles included in all heavenly religions.
CEOSS director, Pastor Adrea Zakī,...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Joseph Malāk, a lawyer for the families of victims of the Alexandria-based Two Saints Church bombing attack early in January 2011 filed a report with the public prosecutor against President Mursī, ousted president Husnī Mubārak and former minister of interior Habīb al-'Ādlī for deliberately...