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Date of source: Monday, October 1, 2012
A prominent bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod revealed that the 1957 statute on the election of patriarch will be amended, noting the candidates for the papal chair of Saint Mark are expected to sign a paper pledging to enforce the amendments in case they won the voting.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 7, 2012
After the great moments that saw Bishop Tawadros II elected as pope, who pledged, in writing and verbally, to amend the flawed 1957 statute, the congregation must participate in and have a say about the modernization of their church and its antiquated rule.
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2012
A book titled “Bishop Bīshūy…the Student of Pope Shenouda III, Guardian of the Orthodox Christianity and Defender of the Faith in Modern Times” triggered a row inside church circles.
Date of source: Thursday, March 27, 2014
Father Ruways Morcos, deputy of the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria and member of the Holy Synod, stated that no new amendments or discussions will take place on the currently drafted Papal Election Regulations. He added that after the regulations are drafted linguisticly, it shall be...
Date of source: Saturday, February 22, 2014
The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church headed by Pope Tawadros has approved a new election list to select its patriarch after long discussions (Majdī Fikrī, al- Dustūr, Feb. 22, p. 4). Read original text online in Arabic.
[Translator’s note: An article of the same content appeared in Watanī, Feb....
Date of source: Friday, February 21, 2014
Al- Tahrīr reported that the new Papal Regulations List included some amendments to the 1957 Papal Regulations List. It maintained the papal selection process by a draw. It allowed monks, archbishops, or a monastery bishop to nominate themselves for the seat of patriarch. It also requested the...
Date of source: Friday, May 18, 2012
Meanwhile, Bishop Marqus of Shubrā al-Khaymah, the chairman of the registration committee in the papal elections, said nearly 700 voters archons from the different parishes were registered, adding the issue of registering expatriate Copts has not been settled yet. [‘Imād Khalīl, al-Misrī al-Yawm,...
Date of source: Sunday, May 6, 2012
Additionally, the Committee in charge of the papal elections resumed reviewing candidates for the St. Mark chair after the process was delayed because of the sanguinary incidents of al-‘Abbāssīyah.
A source from the committee said that there are 16 candidates, including monks, archbishops and...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Near thirty journalists gathered at the Cairo Foreign Press Association headquarters to gain insight on the process involved in selecting a successor to the recently deceased Pope Shenouda. Arab West Report presented its research on the subject, accepting also further inquiries.
Date of source: Friday, January 18, 2008
Muná al-Mallākh reports on the opinions of Coptic clergy and laymen to the newly-proposed amendments of the panel to elect the pope.
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