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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
5/4/2022 5:39:37 PM
The European Union plans to sanction the head of the Russian Orthodox Church in its next round of measures to punish Russia's invasion of Ukraine, EU diplomats said Wednesday, opening a new religious front in Europe's sanctions regime.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
5/4/2022 10:43:00 AM
His appeals for an Orthodox Easter truce in Ukraine went unheeded. His planned meeting with the head of the Russian Orthodox Church was canceled. A proposed visit to Moscow? Nyet. Even his attempt to showcase Russian-Ukrainian friendship fell flat.
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Egypt
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Society
4/30/2022 11:30:31 PM
Pope Tawadros II, the pope of Alexandria and the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, has greeted Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyeb on the occasion of Eid El-Fitr.
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Egypt
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Society
4/28/2022 6:26:48 PM
The head of the Evangelical community in Egypt Andrea Zaki visited on Thursday with Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyeb to greet him on the occasion of Eid El-Fitr, which is set to start on Monday.
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Egypt
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Politics
4/25/2022 5:17:34 PM
Pope Tawadros II, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, greeted President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi and all citizens on Monday on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Sinai Liberation Day.
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Egypt
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Society
4/23/2022 11:48:04 PM
Pope Tawadros II, the pope of Alexandria and the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, led the Easter Sunday mass on Holy Saturday in St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasiya district in Cairo.
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Egypt
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Society
4/23/2022 11:40:53 PM
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi sent a greeting message to Pope Tawadros II – head of the Coptic Orthodox Church – ahead of Easter Sunday, saying its coincidence with the holy month of Ramadan is a call for adherence to noble religious values.
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World
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Region
4/23/2022 4:57:58 PM
Christians celebrated their ``Holy Fire'' ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Saturday against a backdrop of rising tensions with Israel, which imposed new restrictions on attendance this year that it said were needed for safety.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
4/23/2022 3:29:16 PM
A single metal cross remains inside the church of shattered brick and blackened stone. Russian soldiers used the house of worship for storing ammunition, residents said, and Ukrainian forces shelled the building to make the Russians leave.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
4/20/2022 11:09:45 AM
The Public Prosecution referred on Tuesday the man accused of murdering Coptic priest Arsanios Wadid last week to stand trial on charges of deliberate murder and possesion of a cold weapon, affirming that he was "fully cognizant" of his actions at the time of the incident.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
4/18/2022 3:41:27 PM
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Egypt
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Society
4/17/2022 1:18:40 PM
Egypt’s Pope Tawadros II — head of the Coptic Orthodox Church — led the Palm Sunday mass in Alexandria earlier on Sunday at the Cathedral of St. Mark, the Coptic Orthodox Church announced.
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Egypt
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Society
4/16/2022 10:48:59 PM
Grand Imam of Al-Azhar Ahmed El-Tayyeb congratulated Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II and the Christian people in Egypt on Easter Sunday, which Coptic Orthodox Christians celebrate this year on 24 April.
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World
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Africa
4/15/2022 5:36:36 PM
At least 35 people died and 71 were injured in Zimbabwe when a bus carrying churchgoers to an Easter gathering veered off the road and landed in a gorge, police said Friday.
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Egypt
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Society
4/14/2022 12:43:12 PM
In his weekly sermon on Wednesday, Head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II mourned Coptic Priest Arsanios Wadid who was murdered in Alexandria last Friday, demanding authorities work on maintaining societal peace especially concerning “religion issues.”
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
4/12/2022 9:19:02 PM
Thousands of people on Saturday mourned the death of a Coptic priest who was murdered in Alexandria on Friday night.
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Egypt
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Courts & Law
4/9/2022 12:39:28 PM
The Public Prosecution ordered the detention of the man accused of murdering Arsanios Wadid — the Coptic priest of the Church of the Virgin Mary and Mar Boulos in Alexandria — for four days pending investigations.
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Egypt
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Society
4/8/2022 5:24:33 PM
Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church held on Friday a funeral for late Coptic Archpriest Arsanios Wadid who was stabbed to death in the city of Alexandria Thursday evening.
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Egypt
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Society
4/8/2022 1:11:22 PM
Egypt’s Al-Azhar Grand Imam Ahmed El-Tayyeb offered his condolences on Thursday to Head of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros and Christians over the murder of Arsanios Wadid, the Priest of the Church of the Virgin Mary and Mar Boulos in Alexandria.
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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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