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Egypt to suspend load-shedding during Coptic Holidays
Egypt
April 29, 2024
Egypt to suspend load-shedding during Coptic Holidays
In a move to ease the burden on Christians during their upcoming holidays, the Egyptian Cabinet has decided to suspend…
Thousands of Copts bid farewell to father Samaan Ibrahim
Egypt
October 13, 2023
Thousands of Copts bid farewell to father Samaan Ibrahim
Thousands of Copts from across the nation flocked to the city of Cairo on Friday to participate in the funeral…
Website launched for Egyptian community in US to donate to Hayah Karima initiative
Society
December 1, 2021
Website launched for Egyptian community in US to donate to Hayah Karima initiative
A website for the Egyptian community in the US was created under the presidential initiative “Hayah Karima” to facilitate donations…
Churches in Egypt announce return of mass and other activities
Egypt
June 13, 2021
Churches in Egypt announce return of mass and other activities
Churches across Egypt announced Saturday that mass and other activities will return following a noticeable decline in coronavirus infections. Church…
Pope Tawadros II denies he is ill with coronavirus
Egypt
July 21, 2020
Pope Tawadros II denies he is ill with coronavirus
Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria on Monday denied reports that he had contracted the coronavirus.…
Jerusalem patriarch bans flights to the city over coronavirus
Middle East
March 14, 2020
Jerusalem patriarch bans flights to the city over coronavirus
Bishop Antonious, the Metropolitan of Jerusalem and Gulf Countries issued an order on Friday that all flights to Jerusalem will…
Partial collapse of Saint Fana Monastery’s wall kills 3, injures 4
Egypt
December 1, 2019
Partial collapse of Saint Fana Monastery’s wall kills 3, injures 4
Three people were killed and four others injured after a wall collapsed in the Monastery of Saint Fana, southwest of…
Egypt’s Sisi allocates 109.96 acres in Assiut for Coptic cemeteries
Egypt
June 20, 2019
Egypt’s Sisi allocates 109.96 acres in Assiut for Coptic cemeteries
Egypt’s president Abdel Fattah El Sisi allocated 109.96 acres of state lands near Bani Ghaleb in Assiut governorate to be…
Coptic museum to organize exhibition on ‘Journey of the Holy Family’
Egypt
May 30, 2019
Coptic museum to organize exhibition on ‘Journey of the Holy Family’
Egypt’s Coptic Museum will organize the exhibition “Journey of the Holy Family ” on June 2 on the occasion of the…
Polish archeologists claim discovery of oldest church in Egypt
Archaeology
May 28, 2019
Polish archeologists claim discovery of oldest church in Egypt
A church dating back to the fourth century has been unearthed near Alexandria by polish archeologists who claim that it…