Coptic Orthodox

Clashes between Muslims and Christians leave one dead and dozens injured in Egyptian city of Alexandria

May 18, 2013 Featured News

18/5/13 One person died and dozens were wounded during clashes between Muslims and  Christians late Friday night outside a Coptic church in Egypt’s second city,  state newspaper Al-Ahram reported, in the latest violent sectarian row in the  Muslim-majority country. A quarrel between two young men, one Christian and one Muslim, morphed into a family feud [...]

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Pope Tawadros II begins historic visit to Vatican

May 9, 2013 Featured News

Ahram Online – 9/5/13 Leader of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church arrives in Rome for first such visit in 40 years. Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II has arrived in Rome to begin a historic visit to the Vatican. The pope will meet with his Catholic counterpart, the recently elected Pope Francis, on Friday. The visit will [...]

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Refuge From Egypt Unrest at a Queens Church

April 20, 2013 Featured News

MONIQUE EL-FAIZY – 20/4/13 It’s Tuesday afternoon, and a few dozen of the faithful members of St. Mary and St. Antonios Coptic Orthodox Church in Ridgewood, Queens, are singing in the liturgy during observation of the Great Lent, the 55 days of prayer and fasting that precede Orthodox Easter, on May 5. The women wear [...]

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Coptic pope suggests church-building law to ease tensions

April 19, 2013 Featured News

Ahram Online – 18/4/13 Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II met with legislators to discuss recent sectarian violence. In a meeting with 20 members of the Shura Council on Tuesday, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II urged for legislation that would protect Egypt from sectarian strife. “The recent events have wrung the hearts of both Muslims and [...]

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Insight: After cathedral clash, Copts doubt future in Egypt

April 12, 2013 Featured News

Ulf Laessing CAIRO 12/4/13 (Reuters) – When Egyptian Christian Kerollos Maher watched on television as petrol bombs and rocks rained on Cairo’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral he had only one thought – emigration. “Egypt is no longer my country,” said the 24-year-old construction worker, standing in the courtyard of the country’s largest cathedral where one Copt and one Muslim [...]

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Leader of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church blasts country’s president over handling of recent deadly sectarian violence

April 10, 2013 News

10/4/13 The leader of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church on Tuesday blasted the country’s Islamist president over his handling of the recent deadly sectarian violence, including an attack on the main cathedral in Cairo. The remarks by Pope Tawadros II underscore rising Muslim-Christian tensions in Egypt. They were Tawadros’ first direct criticism of President Mohammed Morsi since [...]

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Egypt’s Coptic pope to receive condolences for Al-Khosous victims on Thursday

April 9, 2013 News

Ahram Online 9/4/13 Pope Tawadros II to hold reception for public figures to offer condolences after four Copts killed in recent violence. Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, along with other bishops, will recieve public figures in the papal premises wishing to offer condolences for those killed in recent protests on Thursday, according to the [...]

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Pope Tawadros II to Visit Pope Francis

April 6, 2013 Featured News

CWN - 6/4/13 Pope Tawadros (Theodoros) II of Alexandria, who was elected head of the Coptic Orthodox Church in November, has announced that he will soon visit Pope Francis in Rome. The announcement followed an April 3 meeting with Archbishop Jean-Paul Gobel, who was appointed apostolic nuncio to Egypt in January. The Coptic Orthodox Church is [...]

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Coptic Bishop Youssef to visit Lee University

April 1, 2013 News

1/4/13 On April 3 and 4, Bishop Youssef will present public lectures at Lee University  on the Coptic Orthodox tradition. The event is hosted by Lee’s School of  Religion and Cultural Diversity Committee. Youssef will present “Thanksgiving Prayers” at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday in Lee’s Chapel, followed by an  explanation of the Coptic Liturgy. On [...]

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Libyan ambassador promises investigation into Coptic church attack

March 19, 2013 Featured News

Ahram Online – 19/3/13 Top Libyan diplomat in Cairo says the embassy will reopen soon after a meeting with Coptic pope. “The Libyan Embassy suspended its work in Cairo as a precautionary measure, and to ensure the safety of its citizens,” said Ashour Hamid bin Rashid, the Libyan ambassador in Cairo on Sunday. The embassy [...]

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MP happy about Coptic bishop’s appointment

March 14, 2013 News

14/3/13 Mississauga-Erindale MP Bob Dechert is applauding the appointment of the first Coptic Orthodox Bishop to Canada for the diocese of Mississauga and Vancouver. Grace Bishop Mina first became a monk at St. Mina’s Monastery in 1984, serving the Coptic Orthodox Church in Ireland from 2003 until 2009, when he was ordained General Bishop. He [...]

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Coptic Pope heads up 1st meeting of United Council for Egyptian Churches

February 19, 2013 Featured News

  Ahram Online – 19/2/13 Monday sees inaugural meeting of United Council for Egyptian Churches, bringing together representatives of Coptic, Episcopal, Evangelical, Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches. The first meeting of the United Council for Egyptian Churches was held on Monday in Cairo between Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and representatives of Egypt’s Episcopal, Evangelical, [...]

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Planning Minister refuses Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne request for Donvale dome planning scheme amendment

February 13, 2013 News

Shaun Campbell, Manningham Leader  13/2/13 THE Coptic Church’s last-ditch bid for a $10 million dome development in Donvale has failed. Planning Minister Matthew Guy has refused a Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Melbourne’s request to amend the planning scheme to allow the sports and function centre to be approved. What would you like to see built [...]

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Two die as Coptic Orthodox Church in Libya attacked with grenade

January 2, 2013 Featured News

2/01/2013 Ken Hanly Misratah – Unknown attackers threw a grenade at a Coptic Orthodox Church in Dafniya a town near Misrata Libya. The attack killed two Egyptian citizens and two others were wounded. The other two who were wounded are said to be in stable condition according to Pope Timothy Beshara of the Libyan Orthodox [...]

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Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church to take part in constitutional poll

December 14, 2012 Featured News

Ahram Online – 14/12/12 Pope Tawadros II says Egypt’s Coptic Church will not push its congregants to vote either ‘yes’ or ‘no’ in upcoming referendum on draft constitution. At a Thursday meeting with the Council of Catholic Churches in Egypt, Pope Tawadros II, head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, said that Christians in Egypt enjoyed [...]

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Bishop Raphel appointed as the Secretary to the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church

November 23, 2012 Featured News

OCP News Service 23/11/2012 Cairo:The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and All Africa announced Bishop Raphael as the new Secretary to the Holy Synod.Bishop Raphael will replace Bishop Anba Bishoy.The deselection was made in the session of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Church presided by Pope Pope Tawadros II. Bishop Raphael had been one of the three candidates whose names [...]

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Aram I congratulates Tawadros II as new Coptic Orthodox Pope

November 23, 2012 Featured News

22/11/2012 PanARMENIAN.Net - Archbishops Sebouh Sarkissian and Nareg Alemezian traveled to Cairo to represent His Holiness Aram I and the Catholicosate of Cilicia at the enthronement of Tawadros II as the new Coptic Orthodox Pope. In his message, read out by Archbishop Sebouh, His Holiness Aram I referred first to the long historical relations between the [...]

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The Role of Syrian Patriarch in Coptic Papal Consecration

November 11, 2012 Featured News

    George Alexander Department of Church Research and Studies – Orthodoxy Cognate PAGE Society Special Courtesy: Metropolitan Abba Seraphim of of Glastonbury (Primate of British Orthodox Church within the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria) 12/11/2012 Global: It was noted that some newspapers in India/Kerala have given a completely inaccurate picture about the role of [...]

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A post-election lesson for Americans from Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church

November 9, 2012 Featured News

Brad Hirschfield 8/11/2012 The election is over and now the real work begins. Today is not fundamentally about Republicans and Democrats. It is not about winners and losers. It is about us, the American public and how we will be best served by those in elected office. We endured not only a closely contested election, but one [...]

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Bishop gives details about final stage of Coptic Church’s papal elections

November 2, 2012 Featured News

Ahram Online 1/10/2012 Coptic Orthodox Bishop Paul describes upcoming ‘alter lottery,’ slated for Sunday, by which Egypt’s next Coptic pope will be chosen. At a Thursday press conference, Coptic Orthodox Bishop Paul provided details about the final stage of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s papal elections, which will involve what is known as the ‘alter lottery.’ [...]

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Bishop Anba Suriel on Coptic Papal Election

October 29, 2012 Featured News

John Anton Cairo Special Correspondent OCP News Service Bishop Anba Suriel of the Melbourne Dioceses of the Coptic Orthodox Church remarked: “Today is a historic day for Coptic Christians in Egypt and around the world. Over 2400 representatives of Copts will vote for selecting the top three candidates towards choosing the 118th Pope of Alexandria [...]

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Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox papal election enters penultimate phase

October 29, 2012 Featured News

The five candidates of Papal elections, from Left, Father Pachomios El-Syrian,Father Raphael Ava Mina,Father Seraphim El-Syrian, Bishop Raphael and Bishop Tawadros in Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Azbakeya, Cairo (Photo: courtesy of Cairo Downtown Churches facebook page) Sherry El-Gergawi 29/10/2012 Coptic-Christian electors will cast ballots Monday to select three papal finalists, one of whom [...]

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New Coptic Pope to be named on 4th November

October 17, 2012 Featured News

Ahram Online 16/10/2012 Bishop Paul announces 4 November as the date of the altar lottery which will determine the new Pope. The spokesman of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, Bishop Paul, has announced that the new Coptic Orthodox Patriarch will be chosen on 4 November. Three out of the current list of five candidates will be [...]

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Papal finalist elections on 29 October, name drawing on 4 November

October 17, 2012 Featured News

Al-Masry, Al-Youm 16/10/2012 The Coptic Orthodox Church has announced that the papal elections would be held on 29 October instead of 24 November, and that the final draw between candidates would take place on 4 November instead of 2 December. Bishop Paul, spokesperson for the papal nominations committee, said that there will be three days [...]

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Beheira governor suspends church demolition

October 10, 2012 Featured News

Rana Muhammad Taha 10/101/2012 The Governor of Beheira Mokhtar Al-Hamalawi has ordered the suspension of the demolition of Rachid church in the city of Rachid, as well as the confiscation of the bulldozers and equipment needed to tear the building down, according to the Governorate of Beheira’s press office. The demolition was prevented since the [...]

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