A planned protest demanding new elections for the Coptic Orthodox Church's congregation councils has been cancelled, said Wahid Shenouda, organizer of the protest.
Among the demands was the protesters' need to have a council that could take financial control over the church's funds.
Shenouda explained that the protest was cancelled after the protesters' demands were openly discussed in a meeting at the media center of the Coptic Orthodox Church on Monday. Participants included bishop Benyamin of Monufiya, spokesperson for the church bishop Paulus Halim, as well as other Coptic public figures.
The demonstration was to take place outside the cathedral's headquarters in the Cairo neighborhood of Abbasiya.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
