Date of source: Tuesday, October 16, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church prohibited the five candidates for papal chair of Saint Mark in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away on March 17, 2012, from appearing on satellite channels before the election of the 118th pope.
Date of source: Friday, November 2, 2012
The Alexandria Administrative Judiciary Court adjourned the Two Saints Church case to the November 24 session to notify the president of the republic and chief of intelligence service in their official capacities as adversaries in the case.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Thirty-one eligible archons representing the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria participated in the elections on Monday (October 29), said Kimīl Siddīq, Secretary of the Lay Council in the Mediterranean city.
Date of source: Saturday, October 27, 2012
The Vatican’s news agency Fides said the first Egyptian Catholic TV station will be launched in 2013 under the name al-Salām (Peace) to be the voice of a Coptic Catholic community living in a large country ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Thursday, October 25, 2012
The five candidates for the post of Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church resumed visits to the parishes and churches nationwide and attended a morning mass at the Mar Mina al-‘Ajāybī Monastery in the area of King Maryūt, Alexandria, on Wednesday (October 24).
Date of source: Thursday, October 25, 2012
Muslim and Christian thinkers agreed during an intercultural dialogue forum held by the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) in Alexandria that the freedom of expression is one of the basic principles included in all heavenly religions.
CEOSS director, Pastor Adrea Zakī,...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Joseph Malāk, a lawyer for the families of victims of the Alexandria-based Two Saints Church bombing attack early in January 2011 filed a report with the public prosecutor against President Mursī, ousted president Husnī Mubārak and former minister of interior Habīb al-'Ādlī for deliberately...
Date of source: Sunday, October 21, 2012
A dialogue forum held by the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria laid an emphatic stress on the need to activate citizenship as a non-negotiable principle for Egyptians to obtain their rights without any forms of discrimination,...
Date of source: Saturday, October 13, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī stressed commitment to provide security for all citizens, Muslims and Copts, adding any assault on Copts would be tantamount to assaults on him personally.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The Central Committee on National Awareness for Copts and the Priests Assembly in Alexandria launched a signature campaign calling for excluding the bishops running for the papal chair of Saint Mark to succeed Pope Shenouda III, who died in March.