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  • Pope Tawadros leads mass marking entry of Jesus Christ to Egypt

    Date: 2020-06-01 10:31:36 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:16 - ID:8451974

    CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese led on Monday a mass at Virgin Mary Church in Maadi to mark the entry of the holy family to Egypt. To mark this occasion, a mass is also exceptionally held in ....

  • Egypt marks anniversary of Holy Family start of flight into Egypt

    Date: 2020-06-01 10:22:29 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:14 - ID:8451930

    CAIRO, June 1 (MENA) - Egypt marks on June 1st of each year the entry of the holy family to the country with Virgin Mary, Jesus Christ whose age was less than one year old and St Joseph the carpenter , said Director of Archaeological Researches and ....

  • No timetable set for reopening mosques - Awqaf Ministry

    Date: 2020-05-31 18:18:31 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:69 - ID:8451586

    CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) - The Awqaf Ministry said Sunday no date has been set so far for reopening mosques nationwide. In a statement, the ministry added that the government's coronavirus crisis management committee will review the matter early next ....

  • Pope Tawadros receives family of martyr of Barth attack

    Date: 2020-05-31 14:56:13 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:49 - ID:8451227

    CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) – Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese received on Sunday the family of martyr Emad Amir Roshdy who was killed during a terror attack in 2017. Roshdy was a member of the Thunderbolt Battalion 103 ....

  • Dar al-Ifta hails UK appointment of first hijab-wearing judge

    Date: 2020-05-31 13:40:57 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:41 - ID:8451152

    CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) - The Islamophobia Monitoring Observatory at Egypt's Dar al-Ifta praised on Sunday the UK’s appointment of the first hijab-wearing deputy district judge, Raffia Arshad. In a statement, the observatory said the appointment of ....

  • Darul Iftaa increases interaction with citizens during coronavirus pandemic - official

    Date: 2020-05-31 09:56:20 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:24 - ID:8450890

    CAIRO, May 31 (MENA) - Darul Iftaa succeeded in filling the religious vacuum created by the closing of mosques and suspension of congregational prayers through increasing interaction with citizens in a bid to protect them from extremist groups, said ....

  • Committee formed to prepare plan for reopening evangelical churches

    Date: 2020-05-30 14:12:18 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:28 - ID:8449980

    CAIRO, May 30 (MENA) - A special committee has been formed to prepare a plan to reopen churches while adhering to all anti-coronavirus precautions, Head of the Evangelical community in Egypt Andrea Zaki said Saturday. Zaki made the announcement ....

  • Pope Tawadros II extends suspension of prayers at churches till June 27 amid Covid-19 fears

    Date: 2020-05-30 13:33:47 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:26 - ID:8450067

    CAIRO, May 30 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese decided Saturday to extend the suspension of prayers at churches till June 27 as part of precautionary measures against the novel coronavirus. The pontiff ....

  • Pope Tawadros: We pray for God to end coronavirus pandemic

    Date: 2020-05-28 09:34:45 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:15 - ID:8447730

    CAIRO, May 28 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese said that the Coptic Church prays to the God for an end to the crisis of coronavirus pandemic and to protect Egypt and the entire world from this threat. Pope ....

  • Awqaf min.: Govt to review plan for reopening mosques next week

    Date: 2020-05-26 19:23:32 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:77 - ID:8446411

    CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa has said that his ministry developed a plan for re-opening mosques, noting that it will be reviewed by the government's coronavirus crisis management committee early next week. In a ....

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