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An initiative for peace was lunched between Dr. 'Ilwī Amīn, Professor at the Azhar University and Archpriest Būlus 'Uwaydah and Bishop Bisantī. One meeting was at the 'Amr Ibn al-'As mosque and the other was at the Hanging Church.  This initiative was to reinforce religious tolerance between...
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius sent a list of 12 Christian clergymen and public figures to represent the church at the constituent assembly that will write a new constitution for Egypt. [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām, June 10, p. 3] Read original text in Arabic
Al-Minya Governor Sirāj al-Dīn al-Rūbī officially rebuked an undersecretary of social affairs for refusing to congratulate Christians on the Coptic Christmas after administrative prosecution probes proved his violation of his position’s protocol. [Māhir ‘Abd al-Sabūr, al-Shurūq al-Jadīd, June 6, p...
Acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church Bishop Pachomius pledged the church will not interfere in Christians’ votes to elect a president of the republic, adding Copts demand that the clear mention of civil state be included in the constitution. [Khayr Rāghib, Yāsir Shimīs, Hamdī Qāsim, Ahmad...
The Coptic Orthodox Church on Friday morning (April 27) started receiving applications of candidacy for the post of the 118th pope in succession of Pope Shenouda III and will continue receiving papers for 20 days, the remaining time of the 60 days set by the 1957 statute. [Ashraf Sādiq, al-Ahrām,...
A state of disgruntlement was sparked among a number of Coptic Orthodox bishops who were absent from last week’s meeting at the Saint Mark Cathedral to discuss names of possible presidential hopefuls and others to represent the church in the constitutional assembly, according to a source inside the...
A lot of people are skeptical about Coptic participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections, however, a number of Christian prominent figures asserted that Copts will strongly participate to choose the best candidate who will play an important role in drafting the new constitution that will...
 Bishop Bisantī, Bishop of Helwan and Ma'sarah, suspended Archpriest Būlus 'Uwaydah, Priest of al-Zahrā' church, pending the end of investigation on the incident of denuding in the Grand Towers Hotel.
*/ After sit-ins by hundreds of protesters at St. Mark Cathedral in 'Abbāssīyah, Bishop Bīsantī */ of Helwan has said that the matter of civil marriage lies in the hands of Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and head of the Coptic Orthodox church.  
*/ Maurice Sādiq's comments about creating a Coptic state within Egypt have been called "ridiculous" by members of the Egyptian Coptic church in a meeting in New York. Bishop Mūsá, Coptic Orthodox Bishop of Youth Affairs, remarked that he could not, in any way, accept a religious division of...

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