Date of source: Saturday, July 19, 2014
26 Christians suffered from an acute case of food poisoning on their way home from a school trip to visit the churches of Alexandria, Beheira, and Cairo. The trip, organized by Fr. Bakhūm Gaballāh, priest of the St. Bakhūm church in the village of al-Suām’ah in Suhag, was intended for the students...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Yesterday, Pope Tawadros II, Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, opened the second annual session of the Holy Synod, which was held at the Monastery of Anbā Bishoy in Wādī al-Natrūn under the title “Towards a Better Future for the Church.” The session was dedicated to the discussion of the...
Date of source: Monday, February 10, 2014
Pope Tawadros II is going to the monastery of Saint Bishoy in the Wadī al- Nātrun to start the fast of Yunan (Jonah), known as the ‘Nineveh Fast.’ He shall return on Wednesday to give his weekly sermon (Michael Fāris, al-Yawm al-Sābi’, Feb. 10). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Saturday, June 21, 2014
A new fitnah can start a war between Sufis and Salafis. The latter insisted on destroying the shrine of Shaykh Ali al- Kurdī, a famous Sufī saint, in RashīdCity, Beheira Governorate.
Date of source: Saturday, June 14, 2014
The Ministry of Endowments, yesterday, filed 18 complaints against the Shaykh of al- Da’wah al- Salafiah, and Muslim Brotherhood preachers in Alexandria, Beheira and Minya due to giving sermons without having a license to do so.
Date of source: Saturday, January 25, 2014
St Mark’s Cathedral in Abāssiyah has witnessed security intensifications on the eve of the revolution’s anniversary. Security personnel locked its gates and prohibited the any cars from entering. Pope Tawadros has left the Cathedral to the Monastery of Saint Bishoy in the Wādī al-Natrūn (Mustafá...
Date of source: Monday, June 9, 2014
Bishop Pachomius, stated during the St. Girgis Feast that coincided with Abd al- Fattah al- Sīsī’s inauguration ceremony that “ a great event is happening in Egypt now.”
Date of source: Saturday, June 7, 2014
The Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church has convened in an ordinary meeting headed by Pope Tawadros and issued four new decisions.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 28, 2014
In Beheira’s districts, the polling stations were calm at the early morning hours. The mosques have called upon the people, through their microphones, to go and vote.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
A high-ranking Emirati delegation has visited Pope Tawadros in the Anba Bishoy Monastery in Wadī al-Natrūn. Pope Tawadros is reported to have said “We are very happy to meet our Emirati brethren who we have a strong bonds and relations with” (Nagwá Bikhāyt, al-Dustūr, Jan. 15, p. 2). Read original...