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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/8/2026 11:58:45 AM
Saint Mary Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated Christmas according to the Coptic Orthodox calendar during a service held under the pastoral supervision of Bishop Karas, bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia. The church is led by Father Domadeus Sarbamon.
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Egypt
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Society
1/6/2026 7:43:32 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi extended his heartfelt congratulations to Egypt’s Coptic Christians on the occasion of Christmas, which is celebrated in Egypt on 7 January.
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Egypt
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Health
12/30/2025 3:53:18 PM
Ministry of Health and Population on Tuesday announced a nationwide medical preparedness plan for New Year’s celebrations and Coptic Christmas, aimed at ensuring emergency readiness and preventing health incidents during the holiday period.
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Egypt
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Society
12/12/2025 6:05:11 PM
Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II warned that certain recent technological innovations, particularly mobile phones, have brought “the end of the age of humanity,” urging renewed spiritual discipline and strong family bonds to resist what he called “an age of triviality” that undermines human agency and sidelines deep thought.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/24/2025 7:58:38 PM
Pope Tawadros II, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, said Egypt — together with the Middle East and Africa — remains a living bridge between churches and a place that carries a message of hope and unity to the entire Christian world.
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Egypt
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Society
10/19/2025 1:51:36 PM
Head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria presided on Saturday over a ceremony marking 100 years since the establishment and inauguration of Saint Mary Church in Cairo’s Zeitoun district.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
10/13/2025 10:05:12 PM
“Blessed are the peacemakers” (Matthew 5:9). With those verses from the Bible, Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, led by Pope Tawadros II, welcomed the signing of the historic agreement to end the war in Gaza in Sharm El-Sheikh on Monday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Features
9/11/2025 3:14:00 PM
This feature, republished for the Coptic New Year, explores Egypt’s Pharaonic, Coptic, and Islamic calendars as novelist Ibrahim Abdel-Meguid reflects on the ancient calendar’s survival as both a farming guide and a marker of national identity.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
8/14/2025 4:02:01 PM
This week saw the launch of the Historic Cairo Forum intended to help preserve and rehabilitate Historic Cairo.
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Egypt
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Society
8/3/2025 2:32:26 PM
Pope Tawadros II, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, attended the closing ceremony of the fifth LOGOS Coptic Youth Forum on Saturday evening, which lasted for a week at the papal residence's LOGOS Centre at Saint Bishoy Monastery in Wadi El-Natroun.
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Antiquities
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Coptic
7/25/2025 12:00:00 AM
An Egyptian archaeological mission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) has unveiled a significant discovery in the heart of the Western Desert of the remains of the central residential city of Kharga Oasis, dating back to the early Coptic period.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
6/23/2025 11:03:52 AM
Egypt's Al-Azhar, the world's largest Muslim Sunni institution, and the Coptic Orthodox Church strongly condemned the terrorist attack on a Greek Orthodox church in the Syrian capital that killed at least 22 people and left 63 others wounded on Sunday.
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Egypt
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Society
6/7/2025 4:29:00 PM
Pope Tawadros II, the head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church, and Pope Leo XIV, head of the Vatican, praised Egypt’s political leadership in a phone call on Friday evening for reaffirming that Saint Catherine’s Monastery will remain untouched.
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Egypt
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Society
5/26/2025 2:06:13 PM
The diocese of Upper Egypt's Minya denied on Monday reports of an attack on Coptic Christians in the village of Manshyiat El-Hawaslya.
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Antiquities
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Ancient Egypt
5/25/2025 1:38:46 PM
An Egyptian-led archaeological team unearthed the remains of a mudbrick structure in the Monqabad area of Assiut in Upper Egypt, believed to date back to the sixth and seventh centuries AD during the Coptic era in the country.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Heritage
5/25/2025 9:36:27 AM
The archaeological sites of Old Cairo are being transformed and upgraded as part of plans to turn the district into a more vibrant cultural destination.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/20/2025 10:49:28 AM
Pope Tawadros II, the head of Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church, praised on Monday the noticeable improvements in Lebanon’s security and economic conditions under President Joseph Aoun's guidance.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/8/2025 11:22:22 PM
The Coptic Orthodox Church, led by Pope Tawadros II and its Holy Synod, congratulated the global Catholic Church on the election of Cardinal Robert Francis as the 267th Pope of the Vatican.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
4/23/2025 2:02:43 PM
Egypt’s ambassador to the United States, Moataz Zahran, and a high-level delegation joined the celebration of Easter Liturgy at the St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church of Washington DC on Holy Saturday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/21/2025 6:47:08 PM
The Coptic Orthodox Church, led by Pope Tawadros II, mourned on Monday the death of Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, who passed away earlier that morning at the age of 88.
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