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Date of source: Friday, August 9, 2024
Amidst festivities and popular celebrations glorifying the Virgin Mary, Copts began the Virgin Mary fast that is to run until August 22.
Date of source: Sunday, July 14, 2024
The Coptic Orthodox Church is celebrating the birth of the Virgin Mary in Musṭurud, al-Qalyūbīya governorate. The yearly festivities occur in mid-August, coinciding with the Fast of the Virgin Mary. Jesus and the Virgin visited Musṭurud, where Copts now come to seek blessings, particularly from the...
Date of source: Saturday, June 1, 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs thanked the entire Coptic congregation on the anniversary of the Holy Family's arrival in Egypt, emphasizing that this celebration is particularly special to the Coptic Orthodox Church compared to all other churches worldwide.
Date of source: Saturday, June 1, 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs of the Coptic Orthodox Church led a mass celebrating the entry of Jesus Christ into Egypt at the Anbā Antonius Church at the Papal Residence in the St. Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-ʿAbbāsīya.
Date of source: Friday, March 15, 2024
The Coptic Orthodox Church commenced the Great Lent on March 11, which will continue until Easter 2024.
Date of source: Saturday, March 9, 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church thanked President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī for his congratulations to the Egyptian people on the occasion of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramaḍān and the Great Lent.
Date of source: Monday, February 5, 2024
Today (February 5), the Coptic Orthodox Church commemorates several significant events, foremost among them being the anniversary of the martyrdom of Saint Abū Fām al-Jindī al-Ūsīmī.
Date of source: Saturday, January 20, 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs said that Egypt has a national amity that binds all, and that feasts are a good chance to express this.
Date of source: Friday, January 19, 2024
The Coptic Orthodox Church is celebrating the Epiphany of 2024 to commemorate the baptism of Jesus by Saint John the Baptist in the Jordan River. Churches are organizing the ceremonies for the celebration that starts on Friday (January 19).
Date of source: Thursday, January 18, 2024
The Coptic Orthodox Church is celebrating Epiphany on January 19 and 20, with Pope Tawāḍrūs leading a mass on Friday (January 19), and Copts celebrating the occasion that is associated with baptism on Saturday (January 20).
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