Egypt’s elections and the man dividing the country’s Copts
...but to praise him – in public at least. Copts are aware that their Church’s support of Sisi costs them dearly. Many Copts welcomed Sisi when he took power, only...
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Egypt: Copts’ cross tattoos lead to harassment, insults
...for Copts at a very young age – some children are taken to the tattoo artist at just a few months old. Copts have been getting cross tattoos for centuries....
Beheaded Copts’ remains to be returned to families after three-year wait
The remains of the 21 men, beheaded by IS, are expected to be returned home in the next two weeks. (World Watch Monitor) The bodies of the 20 Egyptian Copts...
Saudi Crown Prince makes ‘unprecedented’ visit to Coptic Pope
Embed from Getty Images The meeting of the Saudi royal and Coptic Pope was called “unprecedented” by Egypt’s state media. Photo credit: Markas Ishak/The Coptic Orthodox Church Press Office On...
53 churches legalised in Egypt, 1000s more still waiting
...legal requirements. Church sources told Erem News “the Copts are angry about the government’s approval to license a few churches”, and indicated that churches in various communities will hold a...
Egypt: Monks want new church in memory of Copts killed in Minya bus attack
Minya governor meets with the monks of St. Samuel’s Monastery (Watani) Following an Egyptian town council’s order last week to demolish a makeshift memorial for the 28 Copts murdered on...
Egypt’s Copts flock to see church opened in remembrance of beheaded Christians
...as a new church was inaugurated this morning in Al-Our village in remembrance of 20 Egyptian Copts and one Ghanaian Christian beheaded by IS on the Libyan coast three years...
Church built to honour beheaded Copts, but families still waiting for bodies’ return
Tomorrow, 15 February, will mark the third anniversary of the beheading of 20 Egyptian Copts and a Ghanaian Christian, carried out by IS on the Libyan coast. In remembrance of...
Egypt Minister: Churches have right to protection ‘Islam guarantees’
...Egypt Four years after revolution Egypt’s Copts ask: ‘Where is our government?’ Last week, Coptic Pope Tawadros II reportedly said that the discrimination of Copts in Egypt was coming to...
Egypt: Church owner fined, attackers given suspended sentences
...Copts attacked, forced to settle for nothing, in absence of Egyptian justice Egypt: Copts worship in streets after clashes over church permit Reuters reported that the local diocese had applied...