Coptic Orthodox Church
Egyptian churches celebrate Easter Sunday with limited attendance
Egypt
May 2, 2021
Egyptian churches celebrate Easter Sunday with limited attendance
Egyptian churches celebrated Easter Sunday amid a limited numbers of worshipers, with strict precautionary measures against the coronavirus in place…
Ethiopian monks storm Egyptian Church’s Monastery of the Sultan in Jerusalem
Egypt
April 30, 2021
Ethiopian monks storm Egyptian Church’s Monastery of the Sultan in Jerusalem
The Egyptian monks of the Monastery of the Sultan, owned by the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church, were surprised on Thursday…
Coptic Orthodox Church bans media coverage of Easter Sunday due to COVID-19
Egypt
April 27, 2021
Coptic Orthodox Church bans media coverage of Easter Sunday due to COVID-19
The Coptic Orthodox Media Center has apologized for not allowing press and media coverage of any of the current church…
Photos: Egypt’s first Coptic monodrama festival to conclude Wednesday
Culture
March 30, 2021
Photos: Egypt’s first Coptic monodrama festival to conclude Wednesday
The St. Royce Theater in St. Mark’s Cathedral in Abbasiya on Wednesday will conclude Egypt’s first Coptic monodrama theater festival,…
Photos: Egypt issues medals celebrating patriarchs of Coptic Orthodox Church
Egypt
February 22, 2021
Photos: Egypt issues medals celebrating patriarchs of Coptic Orthodox Church
Egypt’s Treasury and Mint Authority has unveiled a set of medals celebrating modern patriarchs of the Coptic Church in Egypt.…
Coptic Orthodox Church to resume daily masses at 25% capacity
Egypt
January 26, 2021
Coptic Orthodox Church to resume daily masses at 25% capacity
The Coptic Orthodox Church has announced its plans to resume daily masses at 25 percent capacity, according to Pope Tawadros…
Without an audience, Alexandria’s Pope Tawadros II heads Christmas Mass at Wadi al-Natrun
Egypt
January 6, 2021
Without an audience, Alexandria’s Pope Tawadros II heads Christmas Mass at Wadi al-Natrun
Like many years past, the celebration of the Coptic Christmas Mass, led by Pope Tawadros II begins Wednesday at 8:45…
Coptic Church suspends services for one month over surge in COVID-19 infections
Egypt
December 7, 2020
Coptic Church suspends services for one month over surge in COVID-19 infections
The Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church decided on Sunday to suspend mass service in Cairo and Alexandria, as well as Sunday…
Alexandria Patriarchate to house new Coptic museum in 2021
Egypt
December 3, 2020
Alexandria Patriarchate to house new Coptic museum in 2021
The Greek archaeological mission in charge of restoring the Patriarchate building and its courtyard will open a Coptic museum in…
Coptic Orthodox Church rejects all insults towards religion: Spokesperson
Egypt
November 16, 2020
Coptic Orthodox Church rejects all insults towards religion: Spokesperson
The Coptic Orthodox Church totally rejects insults directed towards any religions, said Church Spokesperson Boulos Halim in response to a…