Tag: coptic

Egypt Prayer Day – Saturday 12 November 2011

Letter from His Grace Bishop Angaelos Friday 21 October, 2O11 Your Graces, Revd Fathers, dear Sisters and Brothers,  Grace and peace to you from our Lord Jesus Christ. These last ten months…

Conference: Eastern Christianity: Modern History and Contemporary Context

5 November 2011 Oxford University Department of Continuing Education Anthony O’Mahony, Centre for Eastern Christianity, Heythrop College – Coptic Christianity in Modern Egypt Dr Sebastian Brock, Oxford – The Syriac Christian Tradition Dr…

Arab Spring Becomes Terrible Autumn

Egyptian Bloodshed Darkens Horizon By Robert Cheaib ROME, OCT. 11, 2011 thanks to Zenit.org Until Sunday, shining in the eyes of youth was the image of Egyptians — Muslims and Christians —…

The Long-Suffering Copts

Fr John Salter writes, in Chrysostom, Pascha 2011: Of the so-called Monophysite Churches the Copts and the Armenians have borne untold suffering for the Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The fifteen centuries of…

Zenit Interview with Coptic Catholic Patriarch

Tony Assaf interviews Patriarch Antonios Cardinal Naguib ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, FEB. 11, 2011 with thanks to Zenit.org. The people of Egypt, and in particular its Christians, are looking for a better future, says…

Patriarch Gregorios’ Visit to Alexandria and Egypt

Back from Cairo, Gregorios III says, “We are living God’s today.” H.B. Gregorios III, Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, of Alexandria and of Jerusalem, is back from Cairo, where, as…

Cardinal Koch to Coptic Christians: We Must Seek Peace Together

Christmas Greeting to Coptic Orthodox Church ROME, JAN. 14, 2011 (Zenit.org).- The president of the Vatican’s unity council says Christians should be united to face oppression, and also to seek peace. Cardinal…

Egyptian Christians Hope for Global Solidarity

Interview With Orthodox Coptic Bishop Barnabas El Soryany By Serena Sartini ROME, JAN. 12, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Though forgiveness is the way to respond to the Jan. 1 attack on an Orthodox Coptic…