Date of source: Saturday, November 17, 2012
The constituent assembly writing a new constitution for Egypt is facing collapse from within as less 48 hour after civil parties and movements suspended their activities the representatives of the three churches announced on Friday (November 16) withdrawal in protest over certain articles in the...
Date of source: Monday, November 12, 2012
Salafī leaders had contacts with the presidency in an attempt to dissuade President Muhammad Mursī from his decision to attend the enthronement ceremony of Pope Tawadrus II on November 18 on the grounds that the event is purely religious and “against the Muslim faith," sources revealed. [Mahmūd...
Date of source: Sunday, November 11, 2012
President Muhammad Mursī on Friday (Nov. 8) issued a presidential decree appointing Bishop Tawadrus as Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark as the decree was received by acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius. [‘Imād Khalīl, ‘Id ‘Abd al-Jawād, Rashā al...
Date of source: Friday, November 9, 2012
The presidency declined to confirm President Muhammad Mursī’s attendance of the ceremony to enthrone Bishop Tawadrus II as the 118th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese, scheduled for Sunday (November 18) at the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-‘Abbāssīyah.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The 118th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church denounced forced eviction of Copts in some areas in Egypt, adding he also refuses Copts’ voluntary emigration because “in both situations it is Egypt’s reputation that is tarnished”.
Date of source: Monday, November 5, 2012
Minister of Information Salāh ‘Abd al-Maqsūd congratulated Bishop Tawadrus over his election as the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church, wishing him success in his responsibilities in this critical stage of the nation’s history.
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2012
The Egypt Copts Coalition called on Grand Shaykh of the Azhar Dr. Muhammad Sayīd Tantāwī to hold Islām, who is also the spokesman for the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS), accountable over his fatwá to kill the protesters of August 24 demonstrations against the Muslim Brotherhood.
Date of source: Friday, September 27, 2013
Pope Tawadros has not discussed politics at all in his weekly lecture. The Pope met with Dr. Mahmūd Abū al-Nasr, Minister of Education; Dr. Ramzī Estino, the Scientific Research Minister; and Dr. ‘Issām Hijjy, the advisor to the president for scientific research. The Church had banned the new...
Date of source: Sunday, April 20, 2014
Field Marshal Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī has visited the St. Mark’s cathedral in Abāssiyah and congratulated Pope Tawadros on the Holy Day of Resurrection. Not earlier a presidential candidate with excellent changes to become Egypt’s next president paid a pope such a visit for Easter (Nassir Abd-al...
Date of source: Monday, April 21, 2014
Pope Tawadros has received Prime Minister Eng. Ibrahīm Mahlab in the papal headquarters in St. Mark’s Cathedral, Abāssiyah, Cairo. He also received a number of ministers that came to congratulate the Pope on the Day of Resurrection (Easter), including General Sidqī Subhī, general commander of the...