Egypt Coptic Christian Pope Shenouda dies -adviser
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian Coptic Christian Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of most of Egypt's estimated 12 million Christians, died on Saturday from old age, his political adviser told Reuters....
View ArticleBishop Tawadros Egypt's new Coptic pope
CAIRO: Bishop Tawadros was chosen as new Pope of Egypt's Coptic Christians Sunday when a blindfolded altar boy picked his name from a chalice in a ceremony invoking divine guidance for the beleaguered...
View ArticleEgypt's Coptic Pope Shenouda III laid to rest
March 20, 2012 -- Updated 1035 GMT (1835 HKT) A woman faints as crowds converge on Saint Mark's Coptic Cathedral in Cairo's al-Abbassiya district, March 18, 2012. Cairo (CNN) -- Thousands of people...
View ArticleEgypt's Coptic Pope Shenouda III dies
CAIRO: Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt's Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing tensions with Muslims, has died. He was 88. The state...
View ArticleEgypt's grief-stricken Christians fear a new wave of persecution
Hundreds of thousands of mourners, many crying, packed the streets around St Mark's Cathedral in Cairo yesterday as they waited to file past the body of Pope Shenouda, dressed in ceremonial robes and...
View ArticleNew Coptic pope chosen in elaborate ceremony
EGYPT'S ancient Coptic Christian church chose a new pope in an elaborate Sunday ceremony meant to invoke the will of God, in which a blindfolded boy drew the name of the next patriarch from a crystal...
View ArticleEgypt's Coptic Church Prepares To Choose Pope
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's ancient Coptic Christian church will pick a new pope in an elaborate Sunday ceremony in which a blindfolded altar boy will draw from a crystal chalice holding the names of three...
View ArticleWhat Replacing Pope Shenouda III Entails, And The Difficult Task Of...
Sacred art from the Monastery of St. Bishoy, Wadi Natrun, where Pope Shenouda will be laid to rest. Pope Shenouda III, who presided over Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church since his ascension to the...
View ArticleEgypt's Coptic church chooses new pope
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's Coptic Church has picked a new pope in an elaborate ceremony believed to invoke the will of God, in which a blindfolded altar boy drew the name from a crystal chalice. Bishop...
View ArticleBishop Tawadros is chosen Egypt's new Coptic Pope
Cairo: Egypt's ancient Coptic Christian church on Sunday elected Bishop Tawadros as its new Pope when a blindfolded altar boy picked his name from a crystal chalice, bringing new hope for the...
View ArticleBishop Tawadros is Egypt's new Coptic pope
Cairo: Egypt's ancient Coptic Christian church on Sunday elected Bishop Tawadros as its new Pope when a blindfolded altar boy picked his name from a crystal chalice, bringing new hope for the...
View ArticleIn Islamist-led Egypt, Coptic Christians name new pope
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Coptic Orthodox church chose a new pope, Bishop Tawadros, in a sumptuous service on Sunday that Christians hope will lead them through an Islamist-dominated landscape and...
View ArticleIn Islamist-led Egypt, Coptic Church names new pope
Egypt's Coptic Orthodox church chose a new pope, Bishop Tawadros, in a sumptuous service on Sunday that Christians hope will lead them through an Islamist-dominated landscape and protect what is the...
View ArticleEgypt's Pope Shenouda III dies aged 88
Pope Shenouda III, the patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church who led Egypt's Christian minority for 40 years during a time of increasing tensions with Muslims, died Saturday. He was 88. The state...
View ArticleEgypt's ancient Coptic Christian church chooses a new pope in elaborate...
Egypt's ancient Coptic Christian church chose a new pope in an elaborate ceremony today in which a blindfolded boy drew the name of the next patriarch from a crystal chalice. Bishop Tawadros, 59, an...
View ArticleMinister Kenney congratulates Bishop Tawadros on being named the new Pope of...
Ottawa, November 5, 2012 - The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, issued the following statement congratulating the new Coptic Pope: "I wish to...
View ArticleEgypt's Coptic Christians name new pope
Egypt's Coptic Orthodox church have chosen a new pope, Tawadros II, in a sumptuous service and Christians hope he will lead them through an Islamist-dominated landscape and protect what is the Middle...
View ArticleCharismatic Pope Shenouda ushered Coptic Church into wider world
On becoming the head of Egypt's Coptic Church in November 1971, Pope Shenouda III showed interest in promoting Orthodox Christianity far beyond Egypt. He built churches in Africa, mainly in Kenya,...
View ArticleEgypt's Coptic Christians choose new pope
The Coptic Orthodox church has chosen a new pope, Bishop Tawadros, to lead the Middle East's biggest Christian community. In a sumptuous ritual filled with prayer, chants and incense on Sunday at...
View ArticleEgypt's Coptic Christians mourn pope, mull more activist future
The leader of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church died Saturday, leaving the largest Christian congregation in Egypt and the Middle East leaderless at a time of rising concern over attacks against...
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