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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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World
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International
1/26/2023 11:52:48 AM
The southern Spanish city of Algeciras was reeling Thursday, a day after a machete-wielding assailant stormed into two churches killing a verger and badly injuring a priest.
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Egypt
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Society
11/14/2022 10:37:52 PM
A cabinet committee tasked with legalising the status of unlicensed Christian places of worship approved on Monday the legalisation of 125 churches and service buildings that had been operating without a permit, the cabinet said in a statement.
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Heritage
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Heritage special
10/21/2022 8:06:35 PM
Old tram tickets, images of old cinemas and theatres, origins of churches and palaces and other priceless stories from history of the district of Shubra in north Cairo are being documented and shared with the public, with a lot of passion and much love.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
7/14/2022 6:51:53 PM
Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark's Diocese arrived in Austria on Thursday for a two-week visit, according to state news agency MENA.
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World
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Africa
6/21/2022 2:34:47 PM
Gunmen from a criminal gang have kidnapped 36 people after attacking several villages and two churches in northwest Nigeria, a local government official said Monday.
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World
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International
5/25/2022 1:43:21 PM
An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children as he went from classroom to classroom at a Texas elementary school in a rampage that also left two adults dead, officials said, adding to a gruesome, yearslong series of mass killings at churches, schools and stores.
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Egypt
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Society
5/17/2022 5:30:44 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi said in his meeting on Tuesday in Cairo with church heads participating in the General Assembly of the Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) that citizenship and equal rights for all are constant values guiding the Egyptian state’s approach towards all citizens.
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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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