Egypt
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Courts & Law
4/8/2022 1:02:08 AM
Egyptian security forces have arrested a 60-year-old man who reportedly stabbed a Coptic archpriest to death in the city of Alexandria on Thursday evening.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
4/3/2022 1:08:00 PM
The Russian Orthodox Church cannot remain aloof from the war that is raging in Ukraine, since for many it is part of a spiritual and moral confrontation between Russia and the West.
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World
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International
3/31/2022 4:23:39 PM
Drums pounded through the frescoed halls of the Apostolic Palace on Thursday and out into St. Peter's Square as Pope Francis welcomed a First Nations delegation seeking an apology for the Catholic Church's role in running Canada's notorious residential schools.
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Arts & Culture
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Entertainment
3/28/2022 12:46:28 PM
Well-known Egyptian actor Ahdy Sadek, who appeared in many TV classics, passed away on Monday morning in Cairo at the age of 71 after struggling with illness.
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Egypt
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Society
2/12/2022 3:46:44 PM
Head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II inaugurated on Saturday the Cathedral of Annunciation and the Angel Gabriel in Al-Amal Axis in eastern Alexandria.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
2/5/2022 5:00:02 PM
Head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II inaugurated on Saturday the Church of the Virgin and Saint Mary of Egypt in the new Ahalina 2 Residential Project in Cairo’s El-Salam City, the church announced.
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Egypt
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Society
1/12/2022 4:11:00 PM
Egypt’s official gazette published on Wednesday a cabinet decree to legalise the status of 50 unlicensed churches and 91 Christian service buildings that had been operating without a permit.
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Egypt
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Society
1/7/2022 7:58:00 PM
“This year we are delighted. Although attendance is still limited at churches, at least we are allowed to go,” said Marina Gamil, a Coptic Orthodox Christian, adding that churches are doing their best to maximise in-person attendance, including adding outdoor seating.
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Egypt
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Politics
1/6/2022 8:07:29 PM
Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi attended on Thursday the Christmas mass ceremony held by the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church at the Nativity of the Christ Cathedral at the New Administrative Capital.
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Egypt
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Society
1/5/2022 8:05:22 PM
Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly paid a visit on Wednesday to the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo to offer Christmas greetings to Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Egyptian cabinet announced.
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Egypt
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Society
1/4/2022 7:32:55 PM
Al-Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb and Religious Endowments (Awqaf) Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Tuesday paid a visit to the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo to offer greetings to Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church on the occasion of Christmas.
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Egypt
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Society
1/4/2022 12:13:00 PM
Thursday 6 January will be a paid day off for public sector workers on the occasion of the Coptic Orthodox Christmas, which falls on 7 January, according to a decree issued by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly.
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Egypt
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Society
1/2/2022 5:46:00 PM
Like Orthodox churches around the world, Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas on 7 January, according to the Julian Calendar.
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Egypt
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Society
1/2/2022 4:22:56 PM
Pope Tawadros II, the Pope of Alexandria and the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, inaugurated on Saturday evening the completed renovations at St Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria, which was the target of a terrorist attack on Palm Sunday in 2017.
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Egypt
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Society
12/31/2021 4:55:00 PM
The head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II will lead on Friday evening New Year’s mass at St Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria, local reports cited the cathedral as saying.
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Life & Style
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City Lights
12/30/2021 9:25:38 PM
In celebration of Christmas, the ambassador of Egypt in Belgrade Amr Aljowaily held an event titled ‘Cultural Heritage of Egypt: Journey of the Holy Family, Churches and Monasteries’, which featured photos, booklets, and documentaries on the architecture of Egyptian churches and encouraged Serbian tourists to visit them.
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Egypt
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Society
12/30/2021 4:45:53 PM
Egypt's Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb greeted Thursday Pope Francis of the Vatican, head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II, Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, and Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I as well as all Christians around the world on the occasion of Christmas.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
12/27/2021 1:57:55 PM
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Life & Style
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City Lights
12/16/2021 1:28:16 PM
Ambassador of Belarus in Egypt Sergei L. Terentiev and the Ambassador of the Vatican in Egypt, Archbishop Nicolas Tefenn, inaugurated an exhibition featuring the ceramics of Garagos Village at the hall of the Heart of Jesus Church that is located in Downtown Cairo on 13 December.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
12/14/2021 9:54:27 PM
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