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  • Funeral prayers for victims of church attack start

    Funeral prayers for victims of church attack start

    Date: 2016-12-12 08:40:16 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6131125

    Funeral prayers for victims of the bomb blast that rocked the Boutrosiya Church started at the Virgin Mary Church in Nasr City Monday. Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese is set to arrive at the church shortly. ....

  • Sisi to lead state funeral for victims of church blast - Bishop Paula

    Sisi to lead state funeral for victims of church blast - Bishop Paula

    Date: 2016-12-12 08:31:43 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6131061

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi will lead a state funeral Monday for the martyrs of a terrorist blast that targeted the Boutroseya (St Peter and St Paul) Church in Abbassiya early on Sunday, head of the Coptic Orthodox Church's Clerical Council for ....

  • Tight security in Nasr City ahead of church funeral prayers

    Tight security in Nasr City ahead of church funeral prayers

    Date: 2016-12-12 07:11:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6130521

    The Interior Ministry beefed up on Monday security in the surroundings of Saint Mary and Saint Athanasius Church in Nasr City in preparation for the funeral prayers of the victims of the explosion that hit El Boutroseya Coptic Orthodox Church ....

  • Three mourning tents erected on El Nasr road for Church victims

    Three mourning tents erected on El Nasr road for Church victims

    Date: 2016-12-12 07:01:32 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:2 - ID:6130421

    Three mourning tents were erected in Nasr City's El Nasr Road ahead of the state funeral possession for the martyrs of Sunday's terrorist blast that targeted the Boutroseya Church in Cairo's Abbassiya district. The blast left 23 persons dead and ....

  • Pope Tawadros: All Egyptians share sadness over church victims

    Pope Tawadros: All Egyptians share sadness over church victims

    Date: 2016-12-12 06:59:18 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6130409

    Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese said Sunday that all Egyptians shared deep sorrow over the death of church victims. Pray for the injured now in hospitals, the Pope added in a brief address at the Coptic ....

  • Cassation court orders re-trial of Safwat el Sherif, his son

    Cassation court orders re-trial of Safwat el Sherif, his son

    Date: 2016-12-10 11:40:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:5 - ID:6119497

    The court of cassation annulled on Saturday a five-year jail sentence issued against former Shura Council speaker Safwat el-Sherif and his son Ehab and ordered retrial. They are accused of profiteering and influence peddling. Sherif and Ehab ....

  • Sisi arrives to venue of monthly youth dialogue session

    Sisi arrives to venue of monthly youth dialogue session

    Date: 2016-12-10 10:47:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:4 - ID:6119097

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi arrived on Saturday to the venue hosting the first monthly dialogue session for youth. The session will shortly kick off under the auspices of president Sisi. Egyptian youths, intellectuals and dignitaries are ....

  • Sisi exchanges greeting cables with Arab, Muslim leader on Mualed occasion

    Sisi exchanges greeting cables with Arab, Muslim leader on Mualed occasion

    Date: 2016-12-10 08:38:08 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:3 - ID:6118189

    President Abdel Fattah El Sisi exchanged Saturday cables of greetings with kings, presidents and emirs of Arab and Muslim countries on the Mualed el Nabawi occasion. In his cables, Sisi wished the leaders of the Arab and Muslim countries a happy ....

  • Turkey deplores Haram terror attack, offers condolences to Egyptians

    Turkey deplores Haram terror attack, offers condolences to Egyptians

    Date: 2016-12-10 06:32:36 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:1 - ID:6117613

    The Turkish Foreign Ministry condemned on Friday the terror attack that targeted two security checkpoints in Haram district of Giza governorate. In a press release distributed by the embassy in Cairo, the ministry also offered its condolences to ....

  • Sisi calls for renewing religious discourse based on true understanding of Islam

    Sisi calls for renewing religious discourse based on true understanding of Islam

    Date: 2016-12-08 10:27:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:6 - ID:6108053

    Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi greeted on Thursday Egyptians and the Islamic and Arab nations on the anniversary of al Muled al Nabawi (Prophet Muhammad's birthday). Addressing a celebration organized by Al Awqaf Ministry on that ....

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