Date of source: Sunday, November 2, 2025
A delegation from the Catholic Church in Egypt attended on Sunday (November 2) the episcopal ordination mass for Archimandrite Damaskīnūs al-Azraʿī to be bishop of Maryūṭ at the patriarchal headquarters in Alexandria.
Date of source: Friday, October 31, 2025
In a historic event, today (October 31) will see the inauguration of Anbā Symeon Papadopoulos as Metropolitan of Saint Catherine Monastery and Archbishop of Sinai, Fīrān and al-Ṭūr for Greek Orthodox inside the big church in the monastery complex.
Date of source: Saturday, November 1, 2025
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis paid a visit to Saint Catherine Monastery on the sidelines of his visit to Egypt to attend the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).
Date of source: Saturday, November 1, 2025
Muḥammad Ismāʿīl Khālid, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), attended the ceremonies to inaugurate Archimandrite Symeon Papadopoulos as Abbot of Saint Catherine Monastery and Archbishop for Sinai Fīrān and al-Ṭūr for Greek Orthodox inside the Church of Transfiguration...
Date of source: Sunday, October 19, 2025
The independence of the ancient Eastern Churches took on a national character—as seen in the Assyrian, Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, and Ethiopian Churches—to distinguish themselves from other communities belonging to the Rūm (Byzantine/Greek) Churches.
Date of source: Thursday, October 16, 2025
The St. Mark Institute for Coptic Liturgical Studies held its 5th conference on the sacrament of marriage at Dār al-Yanbūʿ House in the district of al-ʿUbūr, attended by Anbā Raphael, General Bishop for the Central Cairo Churches Sector, and the institute’s director.
Date of source: Thursday, October 16, 2025
Participants in the activities of the Global Ecumenical Theological Institute (GETI), an offshoot of the World Council of Churches, met to discuss the churches’ response to persecution and genocide and their role in confronting suffering with faith.
Date of source: Thursday, October 16, 2025
Coptic young girl Rūjīnā Riḍā Ṣābir’s family was overjoyed after their 19-year-old daughter returned home peacefully following a several-day disappearance since October 9.
Date of source: Thursday, October 16, 2025
A new chapter was opened this month as the issue of Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai was resolved through an amicable agreement among Egypt, Greece, and the Greek Orthodox Church, ending a months-long dispute over some of the monastery’s lands and buildings.
Date of source: Sunday, October 19, 2025
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem appointed Archimandrite Symeon as Archbishop of Sinai, Farān, and Ra’īthū to succeed the previous archbishop, during ceremonies held on Saturday (Oct. 18) at the Church of Saints Constantine and Helena in Jerusalem.