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Public figures will participate in the Coptic Christian march
Member of the Executive Office of Maspiro Youth Union, Mina Sabet, said a number of political and public figures will be participating in the funeral march on Friday November 11. The march will be in honor and mourning of the Coptic Christian (...)

11 - 11 - 2011
Politicians praise Pope's call to participate in the next elections
Many politicians and intellectuals applaud Pope Shenouda III's call to Coptic Christians to participate in upcoming parliamentary elections. The call by the head of Egypt's Coptic Christian Church is seen as a national call not only from a religious (...)

11 - 11 - 2011
U.S. Coptic movement organizes march for Maspiro
CALIFORNIA, USA: A silent march has been organized by the Coptic Roots Movement in California in coordination with a number of Coptic Christian organizations and activists as well as with a number of American churches. The march will take place (...)

10 - 11 - 2011
Canadian Parliament host a Coptic conference
Canadian Parliament will host a conference for Coptic Christians on November 15, including Coptic Christian organizations worldwide and Free One World Organization, to discuss the recent Maspiro clashes between the Coptic Christian demonstrations (...)

05 - 11 - 2011
Pope Shenouda III suffers health problems
CAIRO: Egyptian Coptic leader Pope Shenouda III is suffering from health problems this morning due to a severe cold. The secretariat summoned a medical team to lower a fever and offer treatment. The Coptic Pope suffered a fever in the morning, (...)

02 - 11 - 2011
Copts condemn channel spurring on sectarian tension
Coptic priests and activists alike today condemned statements made on al-Hakika Channel, saying that the channel seeks to increase sedition among Egyptians and undermine social peace by insulting Islam. They also demanded that Copts boycott the (...)

30 - 10 - 2011
Egypt Pope meets with human rights council head
CAIRO: Pope Shenouda III, head of Egypt's Coptic Christian Church, received the head of the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR), Boutros Ghali, on Wednesday. Dr. Ghaly expressed condolences to the pope for those killed in the deadly October (...)

20 - 10 - 2011
Sharaf offers condolences to Pope
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf visited Pope Shenouda III, leader of the Coptic Church, to express condolences for the victims of the Maspiro clashes Thursday morning. They discussed the repercussions of the crisis and necessary steps that should be (...)

13 - 10 - 2011
Copts organize protest in St. Mark Cathedral
CAIRO: Hundreds of Coptic Christians organized a protest today at St. Mark Cathedral in Cairo. They called for demonstrators to wear black and light candles to mourn the souls of Maspiro's martyrs. The demonstration was set to take place before (...)

12 - 10 - 2011
Pope Shenouda to visit al-Azhar after returning from US
Pope Shenouda III, head of Egypt's Coptic Christian Church, will visit Al-Azhar, Egypt's highest Sunni authority, once he returns from the United States. St. Mark Cathedral is waiting for the pope's return to form a delegation to visit Al-Azhar (...)

31 - 08 - 2011
Maurice Sadek to criticize the demonstrations in front of Israel's embassy
High-profile Coptic lawyer, Maurice Sadek, criticized demonstrations in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo, accusing Islamic movements of instigating them. Protestors gathered to protest a border incident when an Israeli helicopter crossed the (...)

23 - 08 - 2011
Maspiro youth organize a silent protest outside Grand Hyatt
CAIRO: Maspiro's Youth Union organized a silent protest on Thursday outside the Grand Hyatt hotel against what they considered to be an insult to Coptic Priest Paul Owida. The priest says hotel security forced him to take off his clothes for (...)

12 - 08 - 2011
Coptic movement refuses to pressure church
CAIRO: The ‘Copts with No Boundaries' movement issued a statement expressing its refusal of forcing Egypt's Coptic Christian Church to violate the legislation of the Bible by Christians who are demanding the church allow divorce and (...)

23 - 07 - 2011
Egypt pope suspends clerical council after calls to permit remarriage
CAIRO: Pope Shenouda III, the leader of Egypt's Coptic Christian Church, decided to temporarily suspend the clerical council. He demanded investigating the incidents that took place after the strike that was organized by many Christians who (...)

22 - 07 - 2011
Military official meets with Pope Shenouda III
Pope Shenouda III, the religious leader of Egypt's Coptic Christians, met with General Samy Diab, a member of the military council and the man responsible for religious affairs. In their Wednesday meeting, they discussed a number of issues that have (...)

23 - 06 - 2011
First mass to be held in Imbaba's church
CAIRO: Coptic Christians held their first mass in the Holy Virgin Church in Imbaba today after being burned during clashes between Muslims and Christians. The Arab Contractors Company handed the church to its priests after they finished renovated it (...)

05 - 06 - 2011
Egypt military rulers want civil state
CAIRO: Egypt's military institution is working to establish a civil state in Egypt, said a member of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), General Tarek al-Mahdi. The SCAF was charged with Egypt's administration when Hosni Mubarak (...)

02 - 06 - 2011
Military Council releases 5 Copts
Egypt's ruling military council released five young Coptic Christians who were arrested during the incident that took place in Ain Shams on Friday. Tensions rose when residents refused to opening the church of Virgin Mary and St. Abram. The (...)

22 - 05 - 2011
Coptic Christian strike at Maspiro dissolved
CAIRO: Coptic Christian protesters dissolved their strike in front of Maspiro, the Egyptian television building, late on Friday. They cleaned up and opened the two-way traffic of the Corniche, a major road along the Nile, in Cairo. The Coptic (...)

21 - 05 - 2011
In-depth: Ending the Coptic Christians' strike
Egypt's Coptic Christians ended their 13-day strike yesterday. They have held a sit-in outside Maspiro, the Egyptian television headquarters, since May 8 in reaction to the deadly sectarian clashes that took place in the poverty-stricken Cairo (...)

21 - 05 - 2011
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