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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/5/2024 11:19:00 PM
The Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II praised on Tuesday the relations between the Coptic Orthodox and Armenian Apostolic churches during a meeting with the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Cairo.
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Egypt
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Society
1/3/2024 2:00:08 PM
Egypt’s head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II and the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Sheikh Ahmed El-Tayyeb have agreed to form a committee comprising Al-Azhar and Egyptian churches to address the aggression against Gaza.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/24/2023 3:29:04 PM
Khalil Sayegh lives in the United States and for days he anxiously awaited news of his family who had taken refuge in Gaza churches to escape Israel's war on the strip.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/24/2023 2:17:33 PM
Christmas cheer has deserted the streets of Syria's cities, where the main churches have limited celebrations to prayers in solidarity with Palestinians suffering Israel's brutal war on the Gaza Strip.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
11/6/2023 5:16:27 PM
Jordan's Council of Church Leaders announced Monday the cancellation of all the festive Christmas celebrations, events, and activities for this year, in solidarity with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing Israeli aggression.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
9/10/2023 4:51:18 PM
Israel has given us further evidence of the racist idea on which it was founded, which flagrantly guides its policies.
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World
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Region
8/23/2023 10:00:31 PM
General secretary of the World Council of Churches Rev. Prof. Dr. Jerry Pillay expressed concern on Tuesday over religious freedom violations in the Holy Land after Israel barred Orthodox Christians from accessing Mount Tabor, the sacred site of Jesus' transfiguration.
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World
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International
8/21/2023 12:55:03 PM
Authorities in Pakistan are promising 2 million rupees ($6,800) in compensation for each of nearly 100 poor Christians who lost their homes when a Muslim mob angered over the alleged desecration of a Quran stormed their neighborhoods, burning at least 16 churches and damaging houses, officials said Monday.
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World
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International
8/18/2023 6:42:13 PM
More than 80 Christian homes and 19 churches in Pakistan were vandalised when a Muslim mob rampaged through the streets over alleged blasphemy this week, the head of Punjab provincial police, Usman Anwar, said Friday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/17/2023 10:22:28 PM
Egypt's Al-Azhar strongly condemned on Thursday the assaults carried out on several churches in eastern Pakistan, unequivocally rejecting such reprehensible crimes.
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Egypt
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Society
7/23/2023 5:49:52 PM
Head of Egypt’s Evangelical community Rev. Dr Andrea Zaki participated on Saturday in the laying of the foundation stone for a new church in New Minya city and another new church in Zawya Sultan district in Minya governorate.
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Egypt
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Society
7/20/2023 5:06:06 PM
The Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Tawadros II, praised in his sermon on Wednesday Egypt's newly adopted vision to build mosques, churches, and schools in every new residential community.
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Egypt
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Society
6/19/2023 3:57:11 PM
Egypt approved the legalization of an additional 374 Christian churches and service buildings that had been operating without a permit.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
5/16/2023 11:49:47 PM
The visit by Pope Tawadros II to the Vatican and the exchange of gifts with Pope Francis assert the amicable relationship between the Coptic and Catholic churches, reports Amira Hisham
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Egypt
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Society
5/15/2023 7:41:46 PM
Egypt approved on Monday the legalization of an additional 216 Christian churches that had been operating without a permit as the government continues efforts to promote freedom of worship.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
5/9/2023 1:43:00 PM
The upcoming visit by Pope Tawadros II to the Vatican will draw the Coptic Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches closer, reports Amira Hisham
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Egypt
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Society
5/1/2023 6:16:54 PM
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, pope of Alexandria and patriarch of the See of St Mark, said on Monday he is scheduled to embark on a three-day visit to the Vatican City from 10 to 12 May and meet with Pope Francis, head of the Catholic Church, to mark 50 years of relations between the two churches.
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World
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War in Ukraine
3/26/2023 11:38:35 AM
The courtyards of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra have been busy with more than just the usual worshippers, going to and from its churches in the sprawling monastic complex that is Ukraine’s most revered Orthodox site.
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World
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International
1/27/2023 6:56:18 PM
Hundreds of mourners gathered Friday for the funeral of the verger who was killed when an assailant attacked two churches in Spain as investigators probed the reasons for the deadly assault.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
1/26/2023 2:50:47 PM
The monitoring unit of Egypt’s leading Islamic authority Al-Azhar condemned on Thursday the deadly "terrorist attacks" against two churches in Spain the previous day, calling for increased security at places of worship to prevent a recurrence of such attacks.
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