In the aftermath of tragedy: Family struck by grief after it loses six in Egypt church fire
SAMY MAGDY, of Associated Press, reports on the tragedy facing Coptic Orthodox Christian families in the wake of a church fire in Giza earlier this month which claimed tha lives of 19 children…
Essay: The killing of Father Arsanious Wadid is a reminder more needs to be done to ensure religious equality
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, says the killing of a Coptic Orthodox priests in Alexandria earlier this month is “just the latest reminder of the continuing persecution of Egypt’s Coptic Christian community”…
Coptic Orthodox Church: In the California desert, a monastery welcomes visitors again
LIZA VANDENBOOM ASHLEY, writing for Religion Unplugged, visits the first Coptic monastery in the United States – the second oldest in the world outside Egypt…
Egypt’s churches reopening after four months
Cairo, EgyptAP Egypt’s churches are reopening their doors to the faithful on Monday for the first time in more than four months due to a coronavirus lockdown. The Coptic Orthodox Church said in a statement that it would receive the faithful in its churches with restrictions that include social distancing and wearing masks. Other churches […]
ESSAY: MUBARAK’S LASTING LEGACY ON EGYPT’S COPTIC CHRISTIANS
In an article first published on The Conversation, JAMALI RAMAZAN KILINC, associate professor of political science at the University of Nebraska Omaha in the US, looks at the history of the fraught relationships between the Coptic Church and those in power in Egypt…
Prosecutors in Egypt charge defrocked monk over Coptic bishop’s death
Prosecutors in Egypt have charged a former monk with the murder of a Coptic Orthodox bishop, Vatican News reports. Bishop Epiphanius was found dead in a pool of blood on 29th July at the desert-based Monastery of San Macario, about 100 kilometres outside of Cairo. Police reportedly concluded the bishop had been struck with a sharp […]
Coptic bishop found dead
World Watch Monitor A Coptic bishop has been found dead inside a desert monastery in Egypt’s Beheira governorate, with the circumstances of his death still unknown, reports AP. Bishop Epiphanius, 64, was the head of St Macarius Monastery, which is situated near the town of Wadi El Naturn, 100 kilometres north-west of Cairo, and is the […]
Egyptian church celebrates long-awaited official opening
World Watch Monitor A Coptic church in Minya, Upper Egypt, was officially allowed to open last week for the first time since it was built in 2015, and three months after clashes with local Muslims had forced it to close indefinitely. The Holy Virgin and Mar Girgis church in the village of Sheikh Alaa had […]
Sinai militants pledge to ‘kill more Copts’ after murdering man over cross tattoo in Egypt
World Watch Monitor Bassem Herz Attalhah was 27. PICTURE: World Watch Monitor Militants belonging to the ‘State of Sinai’ group in Egypt have promised to “kill more Copts” after murdering a 27-year-old Coptic man because of the tattoo of a cross on his wrist. Bassem Herz Attalhah, also known as Haythem Shehata, was on his […]
PAPAL VISIT: COPTIC ORTHODOX POPE TAWADROS II BRINGS MESSAGE OF PEACE AND HOPE IN FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO AUSTRALIA
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II was recently in Australia for a 10 day official visit – this first to the country as Pope. DAVID ADAMS had an audience with His Holiness at the Coptic Orthodox Church’s new base in Melbourne…