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Date of source: Friday, February 28, 2014
On February 26th, newly appointed Prime Minister Ibrahīm Mahlab made his first public appearance when he visited the papal residence at St. Mark’s Cathedral in ‘Abāssiyah. Accompanied by Dr. Ghādah Wālī, the new Minister of Social Solidarity, Mahlab offered Pope Tawadros II his condolences for the...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 23, 2014
A joint prayer is organized for tomorrow by the Council of Egyptian Churches, which encompasses the Orthodox, Catholic, Episcopal, Evangelical, and Roman Catholic Churches.
The prayer is to be held at the St Mark’s Cathedral in the ‘Abāssiyah district tomorrow night as a call for peace in Egypt,...
Date of source: Thursday, February 27, 2014
Coptic activists cancelled their stand that was supposed to take place at Cairo airport to receive the bodies of the seven Copts that were killed in Libya. This comes after Field Marshal ‘Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī decided to transport the bodies to their hometown Suhag by a military plane. Safwat al-...
Date of source: Thursday, February 27, 2014
Pope Tawadros II received a delegation of the Bayl al-‘Ailah or “Family House” (a committee initiated by al-Azhar comprised of both Muslims and Christians clergy aimed at finding solutions to sectarianism) in his papal residence at the end of the first meeting of the second religious discourse...
Date of source: Sunday, July 20, 2014
The Ramadan experience in Egypt is not exclusive to Muslims, rather it is a joyous and celebratory holy month shared by Muslims and Christians alike, related to a series of universally practiced traditions. Since the 1919 Revolution, Sa’ad Zaghlūl was adamant on reinforcing the importance of...
Date of source: Thursday, July 17, 2014
Ashraf Anīs, Member of the Association the Right to Live, and the first person who resigned from the Coptic Orthodox Church stated that ruling of the Administrative Court to allow him to resign from the Orthodox Church, based on the decision of the church, is an acknowledgment that resigning from...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Pope Tawadros has delegated Bishop Mūsá to meet the delegation of South Africa after he left to the monastery to spend the first week of the “big fast”. Father Bulus Halīm stated that the discussion were about the relations between both countries. Bishop Mūsá has saluted South Africa for its long...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The three Coptic Churches have welcomed the resignation of the government of Dr. Hāzim al- Biblāwī and stated that the timing was right. They requested the formation of a technocratic government in order to fulfill the demands of the revolution. They requested that the new government strengthens...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Pope Tawdaros has left to Vienna, Austria, last night for treatment for his back pain. He will receive medical treatment and physiotherapy there for two weeks.
Date of source: Saturday, February 22, 2014
The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church headed by Pope Tawadros has approved a new election list to select its patriarch after long discussions (Majdī Fikrī, al- Dustūr, Feb. 22, p. 4). Read original text online in Arabic.
[Translator’s note: An article of the same content appeared in Watanī, Feb....
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