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Date of source: Wednesday, April 10, 2019
In special statement to Al-Dustur, the Secretary to Pope Tawāḍrūs II FR. Anjilius Ishaq expressed his strong displeasure with the rumor spread about Metropolitan Anba Bākhūmius of Buḥayra and its Affiliated Areas.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 23, 2019
Well-informed ecclesiastical sources revealed the itinerary of Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, during the Holy week, which began Sunday with the "Palm Sunday," to end next Sunday, by the glorious Easter.
Date of source: Sunday, April 21, 2019
During the Sunday Mass, the Palm Sunday has been celebrated with the Incense Chapel. The priest lit the incense in front of the altar and then lit the cross and the icon of the Palm, decorated with palm fronds and flowers, reciting the chapters of the cycle known as the cycle of the Cross.
Date of source: Saturday, July 13, 2019
Major General Jamāl Nūr al-Dīn, Governor of Asyut, witnessed the ceremony of enthronization of His Eminence Bishop Theophilus on the throne of Manfalūṭ of the Orthodox Copts and his ordination as bishop on the chair of the Diocese and successor to the departed Bishop Anṭūniyyūs.
Date of source: Monday, April 8, 2019
Father Benjamin Mitrī (Bishop of the Church of St. Mark in Buḥayrah and Maṭrūḥ) died today at the age of 77 after spending around 50 years in priestly service.
For his part, Pope Tawāḍrūs II offered his condolences to Bishop Bākhūmiyyūs of Buḥayrah and the priests of his diocese for the...
Date of source: Sunday, July 14, 2019
The death of Muḥammad Mursī, Egypt’s first elected president since the 2011 revolution, on June 17 sparked a wave of controversy and conflicting truths between human rights organizations and Egyptian media. Mursī died in court in Cairo where he was on trial facing charges of espionage.
Date of source: Thursday, November 29, 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church’s committee on the amendment of the 1957 statute regarding the election of patriarch is holding its second meeting under Bishop Pachomius of al-Biḥayra to finalize it within one year and prepare it for the next parliament to endorse as law.
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: Saturday, November 3, 2012
Many Copts hailed the acting patriarch Bishop Pachomius who fairly and adeptly ran the church’s affairs during a transitional period that followed the death of Pope Shenouda III earlier this year.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Al-Beheira Governor Mukhtār al-Hamalāwī ordered cessation of works to remove the Roman Orthodox Church in the governorate in response to a report by Priest Lūqā As’ad ‘Awad of the Mar Marqus Church to the Rosetta police accusing a judge of destroying parts of the building within a dispute over a...
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