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Date of source: Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Grand Imām of al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, had a telephone conversation with Pope Tawāḍrūs to extend Easter congratulations.
Date of source: Saturday, April 6, 2024
The fast of Lent, which the Coptic Orthodox Church began on March 11th to continue to May 5th for a duration of 55 days, is considered to be one of the holiest fasts of the Church.
Date of source: Thursday, October 5, 2023
On Thursday (October 5), Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church visited the Monastery of Saint Maqāryūs the Grand (Abū Maqqār) in the Shīhīt wilderness as part of the pope’s follow-up of the work and activities in the monastery.
Date of source: Thursday, November 3, 2022
Led by Pope Tawāḍrūṣ II, the Coptic Orthodox Church is preparing to start the Christmas fast on November 25th, which will last for 43 days until Coptic Christmas is celebrated on January 7, 2023. During this period, Coptic Christians abstain from meat and dairy products and observe several unique...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 19, 2022
This morning, H.G. Ibrāhīm Isḥāq, the Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, and Chairman of the Council of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops in Egypt, received Cardinal Mar Bishāra al-Rāʿī, Patriarch of the Maronite Church, at the Coptic Catholic Headquarters in Kūbrī al-Qubba.
Date of source: Friday, August 5, 2022
Pope Tawāḍrūs II headed the consecration of the Coptic Orthodox Church of the Resurrection and the Virgin Mary, also known as the Church of the Holy Association in the Daher [al-Ẓāhir] neighborhood of Cairo, after the church’s recent renovations.
Date of source: Thursday, January 6, 2022
President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī congratulated His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II of Alexandria, patriarch of the See of St. Mark, on Christmas, during his visit to the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ at the New Administrative Capital.
Date of source: Monday, January 3, 2022
Dr. Muʾmin al-Hawārī, Head of the Central Administration of the Red Sea region of Al-Azhar, and Shaykh Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Raḥīm, Director-General of Preaching of the Red Sea, headed a delegation on Monday to visit the "Catholic, Orthodox, and Evangelical" churches of the city of Hurghada, in order to...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2021
For the first time in years, Catholics in Egypt don’t have to work on Christmas, not because the government made it a national holiday, but because their Christmas happens to fall on the weekend, on Friday and Saturday.
For many ages, Egyptian Catholics have demanded that the western Christmas (the...
Date of source: Saturday, November 27, 2021
For hundreds of years, al-Minyā has been one of the most important stops of the Holy Family's journey from Asyūṭ to Sinai, which resided at Jabal al- Ṭayr (Mountain of the Birds) in Samāllūṭ, until a church named after the Virgin Mary was built on the banks of the Nile River.
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