Date of source: Sunday, December 8, 2013
The funeral of Karīm Jirjis, a Copt who was shot dead when he was in the vicinity of the Presidential Palace, took place on Thursday (Dec. 6) at Virgin Mary and Saint Stephen Church in Shubrā el Khaymah.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Sectarian unrest took place between Muslims and Copts in the area of Mintāī, Shubrā al-Khaymah district, on Monday November 5 when local Muslim residents objected to the construction of a service building over a plot of land owned by Bishop Marqus, bishop of Shubrā al-Khaymah, seized the land...
Date of source: Sunday, July 6, 2014
Shubrā al- Khaymah Criminal Court, held in the Police Institute in Turah, has issued yesterday its sentence against members of the Muslim Brotherhood in the case of blocking the Qalyūb roadway.
Date of source: Friday, May 18, 2012
Meanwhile, Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, the chairman of the registration committee in the papal elections, said nearly 700 voters archons from the different parishes were registered, adding the issue of registering expatriate Copts has not been settled yet. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm,...
Date of source: Friday, May 11, 2012
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and the spokemsan for the committee registering voters in the election of a new pope for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said the committee has been working for four days, adding the registration was closed on Friday due to recent calls to stage mass protests in...
Date of source: Friday, May 11, 2012
Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah and the spokemsan for the committee registering voters in the election of a new pope for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said the committee has been working for four days, adding the registration was closed on Friday due to recent calls to stage mass protests in...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 1, 2012
A church source said acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius named 10 persons to represent the Coptic Orthodox Church at the constitutional assembly, most notably are Bishop Mūsá of Youth, Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, Counselor Edward Ghālib and Ambassador Wahīb al-Minyāwī. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī...
Date of source: Sunday, April 8, 2012
Bishop Marqus of Helwan and al-Ma’sarah denied any recommendations given by the Holy Synod to any of the candidates for the papal elections.
Moreover, Bishop Serapion of Los Angeles said that he will meet with a number of priests and bishops who will vote for the next patriarch and will discuss...
Date of source: Thursday, February 1, 2007
Bishop Marqus is Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Shubrā al-Khaymah, Cairo since 1978. On more than one occasion, Bishop Marqus has rejected Coptic activists' allegations that Copts in Egypt are persecuted by the Egyptian government or by Muslims in general. The Bishop said that foreign...
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The issue of church building in Egypt is among the most misunderstood and misreported subjects affecting Muslim-Christian relations.