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Church issues decisions about resumption of prayers

Date: 2021-01-26 11:15:10 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:36 - ID:8769868

CAIRO, Jan 26 (MENA) – The Coptic Orthodox Church has announced a number of decisions concerning the resumption of masses and services in Cairo and Alexandria as of January 31. Masses can be held on any day of the week, with only one person on ....

MENA board chairman to deliver speech at cultural gathering of Awqaf Ministry

Date: 2021-01-26 09:50:16 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:28 - ID:8769706

CAIRO, Jan 26 (MENA) – Board Chairman and Editor in Chief of the Middle East News Agency (MENA) Aly Hassan is set to deliver a speech at a cultural gathering the Awqaf Ministry will organize on Thursday about the media and national security. The ....

Evangelical Church greets Sisi on 10th anniversary of Jan. revolution

Date: 2021-01-24 10:52:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:37 - ID:8766642

CAIRO, Jan 24 (MENA) - Head of the Evangelical Church Andrea Zaki has greeted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and the Egyptian people on the 10th anniversary of the January 25 Revolution. In a cable to the president earlier Sunday, Zaki greatly ....

Rowad 2030 Project aims to help youth set up their own businesses: minister

Date: 2021-01-22 11:49:59 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:29 - ID:8763922

CAIRO, Jan 22 (MENA) – Minister of Planning and Economic Development Hala el Saeed said the launch of the Rowad 2030 Project aimed to enable the youth to set up their own businesses, as well as to support the role of entrepreneurship in developing ....

Pope Tawadros leads Epiphany mass in absence of congregation

Date: 2021-01-18 11:39:53 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:35 - ID:8757339

CAIRO, Jan 18 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese will lead the Epiphany mass tonight from the Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria. Church spokesman Father Boules Halim told MENA that the ....

WAAG to MENA: We play important role in refuting misleading ideologies

Date: 2021-01-18 11:03:43 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:30 - ID:8757142

CAIRO, Jan 18 (MENA) – Deputy board chairman of the World Association for Al Azhar Graduates (WAAG) Osama Yasin has said that his organization plays an important role in disseminating the moderate teachings of Islam and refuting wrong ideologies ....

Placing “HASM” on US terror list is new slap to MB terrorist group: Dar Al Iftaa

Date: 2021-01-16 19:47:08 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:41 - ID:8755132

CAIRO, Jan 16 (MENA) - Washington's placement of Hasm movement, an affiliate to the Muslim Brotherhood group, on its terror list is another slap in the face to the terrorist group, Egypt's Dar Al Iftaa's Observatory of Takfiri Fatwas and Extremist ....

Awqaf Ministry reopens 3 mosques in N. Sinai after closure for violation of preventive measures

Date: 2021-01-14 21:59:19 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:81 - ID:8752863

CAIRO, Jan 14 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa decided Thursday the reopening of three mosques in North Sinai, after their closure for failing to apply preventive measures against the coronavirus. The chieftains and people who go to ....

Al Azhar Senior Scholars Authority greets Ali Gomaa over chairing parliament religious committee

Date: 2021-01-14 21:20:05 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:73 - ID:8752861

CAIRO, Jan 14 (MENA) - Al-Azhar Senior Scholars Authority, chaired by Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el Tayyeb, on Thursday greeted Egypt's former Mufti and senior scholar Ali Gomaa on the occasion of naming him as head of the House of ....

Nour mosque in Abbasiya re-opened under condition of abiding by preventive measures: Awqaf min.

Date: 2021-01-13 11:50:15 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:34 - ID:8750464

CAIRO, Jan 13 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa asserted Wednesday that opening el Nour mosque in el Abbasiya on Wednesday came after the people who go to the mosque vowed to abide by the preventive measures against coronavirus including ....