Bishop Armiyā, Pope Shenouda’s personal secretary and the closest aide, did not attend the Mass because he could not stand not having Pope Shenouda absent from this ceremony for the first time. Instead, the personal secretary attended the Mass at the Monastery of Saint Moses the Black.

[Reviewer’s Note: the content of the article did not include Bishop Pachomius' remarks that were mentioned in the headline]

[Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām, April 16, p. 6] Read original text in Arabic

[Reviewer's Note: A report of the same content was mentioned in al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, April 16, 2012, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic