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The Coptic al-Bawāba made a year-long trip to a range of distinct religious sites for exploring the Coptic shrines at home Egypt particularly Aswan, and abroad especially in Paris. The most significant of these shrines are outlined below. 
During the consecration prayers celebrated yesterday in the St. Mark Cathedral of al-ʿAbbāssīyah for the ordination of new bishops, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawāḍrūs II, announced that the coming Christmas, January 6th, will be celebrated at the new Jesus Nativity Cathedral in the new Administrative...
In an unprecedented way, the President himself visits the church to offer felicitations on Christmas.
The Azhar vehemently rejected the setting up of a so-called Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (CPVPV), asserting that the top Sunni Muslim establishment is the only Muslim reference concerned with religious affairs in Egypt. [Author Not Mentioned, al-Ahrām, Jan. 5, p. 14...
Much of this week's coverage was dedicated to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Prime Minister, and his visits to Egypt in which he promoted interfaith dialogue and the concept of a secular state. He met with leaders of Azhar, officials from the Coptic Church and various political representatives.
*/ A crisis erupted in the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral after altar boys attacked protesters who were demonstrating for second marriage in Wāyily, 'Abbāssīyah.  
*/ The January 25 revolution has highlighted many controversial issues, one of which being second marriage for Copts – around 3,000 Copts have been protesting about this topic. However, with the refusal of Pope Shenouda III, Patriarch of Alexandria and Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, angry...
*/ After sit-ins by hundreds of protesters at St. Mark Cathedral in 'Abbāssīyah, Bishop Bīsantī */ of Helwan has said that the matter of civil marriage lies in the hands of Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and head of the Coptic Orthodox church.  
  The National Council for Human Rights has launched an investigation into the events that occurred in 'Abbāssīyah, where 309 protesters were injured after what seemed like an ambush from civilians, before beginning their march. According to evidence uncovered during the investigation, knives and...
*/ */ */ Copts calling for remarriage staged a sit-in surrounding the Clerical Council in 'Abāsīyah on Monday, protesting the Coptic Orthodox Church's refusal to grant them the right to remarry.    

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