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President Sisi greets Pope Tawadros on Easter

Date: 2024-05-04 08:34:17 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:16 - ID:10690404

CAIRO, May 4 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi on Saturday sent a cable of greetings to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese on the occasion of Easter. The president prayed to Allah in the cable to maintain ....

Armed Forces greet Copts on Easter

Date: 2024-05-04 07:38:41 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:12 - ID:10690330

CAIRO, May 4 (MENA) - Minister of Defense and Military Production Mohamed Zaki sent on Saturday a cable of greetings to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Marks Diocese on the occasion of Easter. Minister Zaki expressed his ....

Senate speaker greets Pope Tawadros on Easter

Date: 2024-05-04 07:27:47 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:11 - ID:10690288

CAIRO, May 4 (MENA) – Senate Speaker Abdel Wahab Abdel Razeq sent on Saturday a greeting cable to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the holy See of Saint Mark Diocese on the occasion of Easter. He wished the pontiff happy Easter and ....

Egypt's Mufti greets Pope Tawadros, all Christian denominations on Easter

Date: 2024-05-02 14:36:31 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:53 - ID:10688632

CAIRO, May 2 (MENA) - Egypt's Mufti and President of the General Secretariat for Fatwa Authorities Worldwide Shawqi Allam has extended greetings to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese and all Christian denominations in ....

Al Azhar announces winners of Annual Quran Competition

Date: 2024-05-01 19:51:20 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:59 - ID:10687217

CAIRO, May 1 (MENA) - Grand Imam of Al Azhar Ahmed el Tayyeb congratulated the winners of Al Azhar Annual Quran Memorization ‎Competition, which saw the participation of nearly 150,000 contenders from various age groups. EGP 20 million was ....

Grand mufti's participation in meeting of religious leaders in Baku reflects Egypt's commitment to inter-faith dialogue

Date: 2024-04-29 19:19:03 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:72 - ID:10683809

CAIRO, April 29 (MENA) - The participation of Egypt's Grand Mufti Shawki Allam in a meeting of religious leaders in Baku, Azerbaijan, affirms Egypt's commitment to promoting inter-faith dialogue and a culture of peace and tolerance worldwide, Dar ....

Pope Tawadros leads Palm Sunday mass

Date: 2024-04-28 16:17:47 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:51 - ID:10682052

CAIRO, April 28 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St Mark Diocese has presided over the Palm Sunday mass at the Church of the Archangel Michael in Alexandria's King Mariout. Palm Sunday is the Christian moveable feast that ....

Episcopal Church Archbishop of Alexandria greets Pope Tawadros on Easter

Date: 2024-04-24 21:54:31 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:85 - ID:10677011

CAIRO, April 24 (MENA) - Archbishop of the Episcopal/Anglican Province of Alexandria Samy Fawzy greeted Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese on Easter during a meeting with at the papal headquarters in Cairo Abbasiya ....

Pope Tawadros II greets Egyptians on anniversary of Sinai Liberation Day

Date: 2024-04-24 20:35:54 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:81 - ID:10676979

CAIRO, April 24 (MENA) – Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria has greeted the Egyptian people on the anniversary of Sinai Liberation Day, which falls on April 25. Sinai is such a precious part of Egypt’s land that was fully restored after great ....

Saudi Arabia starts issuance of hajj visas Wednesday

Date: 2024-04-23 08:33:09 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Religion - SN:12 - ID:10673680

RIYADH, April 23 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced the start of the hajj season by beginning the issuance of electronic visas. The ministry said that submitting applications for e-visa issuance would be through ....