Date of source: Saturday, July 13, 2019
Major General Jamāl Nūr al-Dīn, Governor of Asyut, witnessed the ceremony of enthronization of His Eminence Bishop Theophilus on the throne of Manfalūṭ of the Orthodox Copts and his ordination as bishop on the chair of the Diocese and successor to the departed Bishop Anṭūniyyūs.
Date of source: Thursday, September 5, 2013
Father Antonius ‘Azīz, Catholic Bishop of Giza and the Catholic Church’s representative in the Constituent Assembly, said that he agrees with keeping Article 2 in the Constitution and the amended Article 3 which guarantees that all non-Muslims can follow their own laws, not only Christians and...
Date of source: Sunday, February 9, 2014
Priest Mina Azīz the spokesman of the diocese of the Red Sea stated that Pope Tawadros has visited the Monastery of Saint Bola and headed the mass attended by monks and a number of Christians in the governorate. The pope will inaugurate the guest house, located 10km away from the monastery (Kamāl...
Date of source: Saturday, February 1, 2014
Pope Tawadros II has appointed three new priests of the monastery of Saint Antonious and promoted a number of priests (Muhammad al- Sayyīd Sulīman, al- Masrī al- Yawm, Feb. 1). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Saturday, January 14, 2017
Bishop Antonius, Bishop of the Holy See and the Near East, headed the ordination prayers for the first priests of the Coptic community in Kuwait, alongside a number of the church’s bishops.
Date of source: Thursday, March 23, 2017
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark's Church, has delegated Bishop Antonios, Bishop of Jerusalem for Orthodox Copts, to attend a ceremony organized by the Orthodox, Catholic and Armenian Churches on Wednesday, marking the end of the 10-month restoration process of the...
Date of source: Thursday, March 9, 2017
On Thursday, Iraqi president Fūʾad Maʿṣūm welcomed a delegation from the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt and the world. The delegate was headed by Anbā Anṭūniyyūs, Bishop of the Seat of Jerusalem and The Near East, in his first visit to Iraq in 23 years. The purpose of the delegation was...
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The 1967 Six Day War with Israel changed the face of Coptic pilgrimage to Jerusalem.
Date of source: Monday, December 28, 2015
Bishop Antōnios `Azīz of the Gīza Coptic Catholic Diocese confirmed that Egypt's Council of Churches has not yet met to reach a consensus on a unified personal status law proposal for all five Churches, stressing that the Council's last meeting on this issue was last year.
Date of source: Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The recent transcript published by Arab West Report on our interview with Bishop Antonios of the Coptic Catholic Church has attracted the attention of scholars in the West. In particular, Dr. Wolfram Reiss, professor of historical and comparative studies of religions at the University of Vienna,...