The Evangelical Community in Egypt, led by Andrea Zaki, expressed deep sorrow over the inappropriate artistic work featured in the Olympic opening ceremony. The work included a scene symbolising the "Last Supper," an image of great significance in the history of Christian faith and belief.

A statement released by the community on Sunday emphasised that Olympic celebrations should never be used as a platform for religious and cultural conflict or attempts to insult in any way.

Instead, they should fulfil their historic role in accommodating and encouraging athletes from around the world, respecting diversity, and promoting understanding among peoples, nations, and cultures, added the statement.

Meanwhile, the Middle East Council of Churches issued a statement condemning the opening of the Olympic Games in Paris. The statement said: "With a lot of love mixed with astonishment and disapproval, we saw what happened during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in France, the mockery of the mystery of the mysteries in Christianity, and what is sacred to billions of people around the world."

"Freedom, diversity, and creativity are not compatible with insulting the beliefs of others or mocking them in ways that have nothing to do with human quality," the statement added.

"Christianity was the first to preserve freedoms, protect diversity, and preserve human dignity and rights. Therefore, we do not accept subjecting it to insult from some groups, knowing that every human being is in the image and likeness of God and is called to salvation." read the statement.

"If respect and friendship are fundamental values ​​in the culture of the Olympic Games, how can the Olympic Committee accept its values ​​being violated?" the statement added.

"Freedom is a major responsibility in the history of humanity, and whoever exercises it must feel the responsibility of respecting others and their beliefs and entering into dialogue with them. Mocking the beliefs of others reveals a hidden tendency toward suppressing them, which may lead whoever commits it to practices that are not acceptable to the values ​​of democracy." according to the statement.

The Council statement added that the reenactment demonstrates a "complete ignorance of the concepts of freedom and human dignity." It warned that such actions foreshadow a "future of humanity" where global platforms, like the Olympic Games, are exploited for "abolitionist and exclusionary" purposes and used to display intolerance toward diversity.

"Throughout its history, Christianity has inspired human development in the fields of science, culture, and the arts, and it will continue this message until the end of time, and “the gates of hell will not prevail against it” (Matthew 16:18)," noted the statement.

"We pray that the Almighty God will inspire a straight path for all human beings and will prevent societies from returning, in the name of freedom, to an age of darkness, decadence, and primitivism."

The Council concluded the statement by asserting that "Christianity has formed the cornerstone of everything that is refined and noble in the world" and called for those responsible for the offensive reenactment to apologise "to all those whose feelings were hurt and whose sanctities were mocked around the world."

It stressed that only an apology can address the mistake, uphold respect for freedoms, and promote human dignity and global unity.