Date of source: Thursday, December 6, 2012
Patriarch Ignatius IV Hazim, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, suffered a stroke that led to his death on December 4 in Lebanon, away from his birthplace, Syria
Date of source: Thursday, December 6, 2012
Al-Hurīyah wal-‘Adālah reported on 11 articles in the new Constitution that ensure equality, rights, and citizenship. Mu’taz Widnān and Sāmyah Khalīl, authors of the article, wrote that politicians stressed that the new draft Constitution has many articles that ensure equality for Copts and that...
Date of source: Thursday, December 6, 2012
Al-Sabāh reported that Pope Tawadros finished his seclusion at Saint Bishoy Monastery (Dayr al-Anbā Bīshūy) in Wādī al-Natrūn (it is known that patriarchs do that in hard times).
Date of source: Thursday, December 6, 2012
in al-Misrīyūn, page 3, a source from the papal headquarters claimed that Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II had sent instructions to different Coptic unions and called them to assemble in front of the Presidential Palace.
Date of source: Thursday, December 6, 2012
Al-Misrīyūn reported that there is a consensus in the Church to overthrow President Muhammad Mursī. An anonymous source said that the Church mobilizes Copts to participate in anti-Mursī protests.
Date of source: Thursday, December 6, 2012
The Azhar Grand Shaykh, Dr. Ahmad al-Tayyīb, called upon Egyptians to exercise restraint and engage in peaceful dialogue (Marwah al-Bashīr, al-Ahrām, Dec. 6, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, December 6, 2012
Islamic satellite channels threatened those protesting outside the Presidential Palace, finding this to be the only way to confront the million-man protest off the presidential palace called “Last Warning”.
Date of source: Thursday, December 6, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II called upon Copts to pray for Egypt and for its officials so that God could enlighten them and give them wisdom.
Date of source: Thursday, August 23, 2012
A number of Coptic figures announced their participation in the August 24 protests, considering it another revolution against the Muslim Brotherhood and “islamizing the country”. Mamdūh Ramzī, Coptic lawyer, said he would participate in the protest as well as Ramsīs al-Najjār, the church lawyer.
Date of source: Thursday, August 23, 2012
Today (August 23) is the first court trial of Islām ‘Afīfī at the Giza Criminal Court headed by Counselor Muhammad Fahīm. ‘Afīf is accused of offending the President and publishing false news that disturbs the public interest