Date of source: Tuesday, May 11, 2021
With the recent escalation of violence in Jerusalem, the Middle East Council of Churches issued a statement, saying that the violence is the inevitable result of the pressure and oppression Israel has exerted on Palestine for seven decades.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Members of the Episcopal Church of Egypt were called to come to the All Saints Cathedral for an extra-ordinary church meeting that was carefully designed to result in a call for a letter to President Abdelfattah al-Sisi [ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī] to recognize the Anglican Diocese of Egypt as an...
Date of source: Sunday, April 25, 2021
During a recorded speech given to students at the Ecumenical Institute for the Middle East, Pope Tawāḍrūs II said that God sent the Coronavirus plague to serve as a warning to mankind to watch itself as it develops technology and makes new discoveries. He added that mankind believes that it is the...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Tomorrow marks the eighth anniversary of the founding of the Egyptian Council of Churches (ECC), which was established on February 18, 2013, by the heads and members of the Egyptian churches. The idea for the council came after Egyptian churches participated in meetings held by the Middle Eastern...
Date of source: Friday, February 12, 2021
As part of the Diakonia Development Office's continued pursuit for human development in various respects, in affiliation with the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate, the Sudanese Service Initiative continues to meet its objectives. Such objectives include the integration of Sudanese brothers of different...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Aḥmad Salīm ʿAwaḍ, a researcher of ancient history, says that the emergence of Egyptian Coptic art, which expresses Egypt’s unique character and is a witness to Christianity’s presence in Egypt for more than 2,000 years, is still alive today. This is seen in the churches, monasteries, icons, and...
Date of source: Thursday, January 14, 2021
In Egypt, there is a new experiment going on to cultivate the principles of mutual understanding, tolerance, and acceptance of others; a Muslim is teaching at an Evangelical seminary, and a Christian is teaching at al-Azhar.
Date of source: Thursday, October 22, 2020
The Coptic Orthodox Church announced the dates for this year’s Coptic Book Fair. The fair will be from November 3 to November 18 at St. Mark’s Cathedral in al-ʿAbāssiyya.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Yesterday evening, Pope Tawāḍrūs II of Alexandria and the See of St Mark concluded the second day of the “Second Media Meeting” along with representatives of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s magazine al-Karāza and four Coptic TV channels, Aghapy TV [Aghābī], ME sat, CTV and Koogi [Kūjī], alongside the...
Date of source: Sunday, September 6, 2020
According to a statement from the Coptic Church, Pope Tawāḍrūs II met with businessman Naguib Sawiris [Najīb Sāwīris] on Sunday, as well as engineer ʿAdlī Tūmā.