Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2012
A large number of candidates running in the third round of the parliamentary elections paid visits to the church to congratulate it over the New Year while candidates of the Salafī al-Nūr Party refrained.
Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Holy Synod, refused to meet any candidates, adding that the...
Date of source: Sunday, March 29, 2015
Bishop Bafantīūs said in a Church sermon that the followers of ISIS that massacred 20 Egyptians in Libya wanted to sow terror in the minds of Christians and Egyptians. He added, “they also wanted to sow discord between Egypt’s Christians and Muslims through their message in the video.” For his part...
Date of source: Thursday, February 12, 2015
30 days after ISIS’ branch in Libya announced that it had kidnapped 20 Egyptians, a website claiming allegiance to the group published photos of the kidnapped Egyptians in orange jumpsuits used for executions. The new photos prompted the families of the kidnapped to call for help from President...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The number of protesters outside the US embassy in Cairo began to decrease Tuesday night after thousands had gathered earlier to protest a film they said was being produced in the United States that insults the Prophet Mohamed.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 11, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox appeals committee will finish examining the appeals to the voters' list on September 11, 2012. The voters tables will be announced on September 12.
Read original text in Arabic
Date of source: Thursday, August 11, 2011
The Supreme State Security Court reviewed, on August 10, 2011, the case of the policeman accused of the Samallūt train incident and decided to postpone the case until September 4, 2011.
[The policeman randomly opened-fire on a Coptic-man who died, and five others got injured]
The Court had received...
Date of source: Monday, August 8, 2011
Security apparatuses in al-Minia's governorate controlled clashes between Muslim and Coptic youth that took place on August 6, 2011, in front of Saint George's Church in Nazlat Faraj Allah village, al-Minia governorate. Tight security measures were taken to avoid further clashes.
Date of source: Sunday, June 26, 2011
The General Prosecution decided to refer two underage women in al-Minia, Christine 'Izat Fathī and Nancy Majdī Fathī 'Izat, who disappeared for 13 days, to a foster home according to their own will.
Police found both girls coincidently in Cairo, wearing the niqāb. The police officer found it...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 4, 2011
According to the article at hand, the husband of Kāmīliyā Shihātah has been missing since January.
The church announced that it does not suspect his disappearance to be of a criminal nature, but rather the result of a personal decision caused by great sufferings Kāmīliyā’s husband has endured since...
Date of source: Sunday, April 24, 2011
Hundreds of Muslims mourned Nādī Jamīl, a Copt in Abū Qurqās village of Minia.