On 16th October 2012, H.G. Bishop Paula announced that the Holy Synod and Nominations Committee of the Coptic Orthodox Church has brought forward the date the successor to His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, the 117th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Holy See of St. Mark, will be chosen to Sunday 4th November 2012. Various Coptic and …
On 13th October 2012 H.E. Metropolitan Pachomious, the Patriarchal locum tenens, officially announced the list of five nominees for the 118th Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church. The candidates are as follows: Fr. Pachomious El-Souriani H.G. Bishop Tawadros of El-Bahaira H.G. Bishop Rophael Fr. Rafael Avva Mina Fr. Seraphim El-Souriani The election date will be …
The second annual Coptic Olympics took place on the third weekend of September at the Coptic Centre in Birmingham. Since the last Coptic Olympics, the sport facilities at the Coptic Centre had been improved with new space for spectators to watch the basketball, tennis and football. Saturday began with a Divine Liturgy in the Church …
Arabic Letter [PDF] September 21, 2012 The Honorable President Mohammed Morsi After our Greetings, We were very dismayed by the accusation of the Salafi Front and some of the Islamic group lawyers towards Coptic leaders and by the generalization of accusations towards all the Copts of the Diaspora and the respectable Church fathers for being …
