Date of source: Wednesday, January 29, 2014
The three Coptic churches have welcomed the nomination of the head of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Field Marshall Abd al- Fattāh al- Sīsī, for presidency (Majdī Fikrī, al- Dustūr, Jan. 29, p. 6). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Minister of Defense Field Marshall Abd al- Fattāh al- Sīsī received a letter from Pope Tawadros congratulating him for being promoted from General to Field Marshall (Majdī Fikrī, al- Dustūr, Jan. 29, p. 6). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Pope Tawadros II has appointed Father Ruwaīs Marcos..
Date of source: Monday, January 27, 2014
General Abd al- Fattāh Al- Sīsī received Pope Tawadros who headed a delegation of Bishops to congratulate the armed forces on the occasion of the third anniversary of the Revolution of January 25, 2011 (Bahā’ al- Mahdī, al- Akhbār, Jan. 27). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Monday, January 27, 2014
Ramses al- Naggār, legal advisor to the Coptic Orthodox Church, stated that interim President ‘Adly Mansūr has made an important decision by making the presidential elections precede the parliamentary elections and stated that this decision is evidence to his closeness to the demands of the...
Date of source: Sunday, June 15, 2014
The three Coptic church families [Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant] have started meetings to make suggestions for a new Church building law in order to submit it to the state in the coming period.
Date of source: Saturday, June 14, 2014
An anonymous source in the Coptic Orthodox Church revealed that the there are strict instructions from the Pope that the Church does not intervene in political matters and alerted that churches are for prayers and religious matters only.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Father Abanoub of Muqattam ordered to stop playing evangelical hymns in the Monastery of St. Simon, and playing only Coptic Orthodox hymns.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Pope Tawadros II is traveling to Norway and Finland in a four day visit, 19- 21 June.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 11, 2014
The Church has formed an experts committee to select Coptic candidates for the forthcoming parliament.