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Egyptian churches welcome draft law on places of worship
Egypt

Egyptian churches welcome draft law on places of worship

Egyptian churches have welcomed the recent draft law on places of worship, but requested to review it once it is…
Egypt approves draft law on unified places of worship
Egypt

Egypt approves draft law on unified places of worship

During a meeting on Wednesday, the Egyptian government approved a unified law on the construction of places of worship. Under…
Church awaiting unified law for places of worship
Egypt

Church awaiting unified law for places of worship

The Coptic Orthodox Church has called on the cabinet to present it with the unified law for places of worship…
Egypt’s military tribunal sentences Copts over church scuffle
Egypt

Egypt’s military tribunal sentences Copts over church scuffle

An Egyptian military court on Sunday sentenced two Coptic Christians to five years in jail for violence and trying to…
Muslims and Copts celebrate Virgin Mary Festival
Egypt

Muslims and Copts celebrate Virgin Mary Festival

Thousands of Christians and Muslims started celebrating the Virgin Mary festival in Minya on Thursday under the slogan “Minya without…
Protesters voice support of Copts at Egyptian embassy in London
Egypt

Protesters voice support of Copts at Egyptian embassy in London

Dozens protested Sunday before the Egyptian embassy in London to call for the prosecution of those who burn churches in…
Pope Shenouda heads to US for treatment
Egypt

Pope Shenouda heads to US for treatment

Egyptian Coptic leader Pope Shenouda III set off for New York on Sunday for medical treatment. Shenouda entered Salam hospital…
Copts end Maspero protest, plan to join ‘Second Friday of Anger’
Egypt

Copts end Maspero protest, plan to join ‘Second Friday of Anger’

Copts will end their almost two-week protest at the Egyptian State TV building, said Metias Nasr, priest at the Virgin Mary…
The Copts of today: Escaping the Church’s patronage
Egypt

The Copts of today: Escaping the Church’s patronage

The Egyptian television building at Maspero on the Nile corniche has looked nothing short of a street-based church for the…
Dozens of Copts vow to continue Maspero sit-in
Egypt

Dozens of Copts vow to continue Maspero sit-in

Dozens of Copts protesting before the Egyptian Radio and Television Union building refused on Thursday to suspend their sit-in until…
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