Date of source: Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Diana Sakakini [Diana al-Sakākīnī] was born in Milan, Italy, from the prestigious al-Sakākīnī family of Christian Syrian origins that has left indelible marks in Egypt as the majestic al-Sakākīnī Palace in Old Cairo testifies. She was educated in Italy but later returned to Egypt where her parents...
Date of source: Sunday, August 4, 2019
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark's See, congratulated the priests and people of Mār Jirjis Church in Sīdī Bishr area, east of Alexandria, during the celebration organized by the Church on Monday, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first Divine Liturgy...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2019
A special meeting is held for the youth at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria. Many clerics will be present, amongst them Pope Tawāḍrūs II.
Date of source: Thursday, March 9, 2017
The Alexandria Criminal Court ruled to sentence ʿĀdil Abū al-Nūr Sulaymān",
also known as ”ʿĀdil ʿAsaliyya” to death for slaughtering the Coptic citizen Lamʿ ī Yūsuf in Alexandria.
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2016
Nādir Marqus, a member of the General Congregation Council (the Milli Council) of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria, said that a young man breached the church of St. Mary in al-Maʿ ūrah Beach area, east of Alexandria, on Monday. The man smashed the suspended cross on its facade and the...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 14, 2015
President ̔Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī today issued a presidential decree to license an Anglican church.
Date of source: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Son: Makram Iskandar Nicola (currently Bishop Bīshūy, Metropolitan of Damietta and Kafr al-Shaykh of the Coptic Orthodox Church)
Birthdate: July 19, 1942
National ID number: 24207191200114
Bishop Bīshūy's sister: Carmin Iskandar Nicola
Birthdate: May 4, 1936
National ID number: 23605040100403...
Date of source: Friday, December 30, 2011
One year ago this evening Egypt was rocked by an explosion in Alexandria, killing twenty-one and injuring over 170, at the Two Saints’ Church in the Sīdī Bishr region. One year before that, at Coptic Christmas on January 7, six Christians were killed along with a Muslim security guard at a church...
Date of source: Monday, June 6, 2011
In al-Akhbār, page 7, June 6, 2011, in Imbābah’s incidents, prosecution refers 48 culprits (23 prisoners and 25 fugitives) to the Emergency State Security Court.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 25, 2011