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  • Beheira governor participates in St Macarious Monastery restoration celebration

    Date: 2018-02-19 14:13:57 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:49 - ID:7254325

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Beheira Governor Nadia Abdo attended on Monday celebrations marking the restoration of the St Macarious of Alexandria Monastery in Beheira and the consecration of its church altars. Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope ....

  • Al Azhar conducts study on expected destinations of Daesh militants after collapse

    Date: 2018-02-19 12:00:27 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:33 - ID:7253681

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Al Azhar Counter-Extremism Observatory conducted a study on the expected destinations thousands of Daesh militants are expected to resort to after the terrorist group's collapse in Syria and Iraq. Mohamed Abdel Fadil, the ....

  • Pope leads mass at St Macarious monastery 2 last Cairo

    Date: 2018-02-19 10:51:39 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:27 - ID:7253598

    Pope Tawadros, in his sermon during the mass at the St Macarious monastery, thanked Bishop Bakhomious of Beheira and Matrouh for his genuine efforts to revive the ancient forgotten area, home to so many monasteries. The restoration of the St ....

  • Pope leads mass at St Macarious monastery

    Date: 2018-02-19 10:50:33 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:18 - ID:7253474

    CAIRO, Feb 19 (MENA) - Head of the Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II led a mass on Monday at St Macarious of Alexandria Monastery in Beheira. The pope will consecrate the altar of the ancient church as well as the altars of the three ....

  • Sudanese vice president stresses country's keenness on promoting religious tolerance

    Date: 2018-02-18 14:24:03 GMT - Sudan - Religion - SN:69 - ID:7252323

    KHARTOUM, Feb 18 (MENA) - Vice President Hasbo Mohamed Abdulrahman stressed Sudan's keenness on promoting peaceful co-existence, tolerance and freedom of religion. During his meeting here on Sunday with Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria ....

  • Azhar rejects students who do not conform to university approach: Tayyeb

    Date: 2018-02-18 12:01:28 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:45 - ID:7252012

    CAIRO, Feb 18 (MENA) - Students of Al Azhar are not allowed to adopt an approach that violates its curriculum, the grand imam says. Dr Ahmed el Tayyeb, in a meeting with a delegation of international students Sunday, said Al Azhar is the oldest ....

  • Patriarch Theodoros II urges unity to combat extremism

    Date: 2018-02-17 16:22:20 GMT - Sudan - Religion - SN:60 - ID:7250803

    KHARTOUM, Feb 17 (MENA) - Patriarch Theodoros II of Alexandria and All Africa has called for unity to face extremism. The pontiff, currently visiting Sudan, also urged both Christian and Muslim clergymen contact people not only for prayers, but ....

  • Pope Tawadros leads mass to ordinate new bishops

    Date: 2018-02-15 07:02:27 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:5 - ID:7246498

    WADI EL NATRUN, Behira, Feb 15 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark Diocese led on Thursday a mass to ordinate new bishops. The ordination ceremony was held at the Monastery of Saint Pishoy in Wadi el Natrun. ....

  • Pope Tawadros praises army, police for counter-terror efforts

    Date: 2018-02-14 18:59:23 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:78 - ID:7246101

    CAIRO, Feb 14 (MENA) - Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark has praised the Armed Forces and police for their efforts in Sinai to uproot terrorism. The pontiff said the church prays for calm and peace to prevail in ....

  • Azhar Univ. hails role of Armed Forces, police in combating terror 2 last Cairo

    Date: 2018-02-14 12:47:40 GMT - Egypt - Religion - SN:42 - ID:7245211

    Addressing Al Azhar University's first conference for combating corruption, Grand Mufti Shawqy Allam highlighted the importance of closing ranks in the face of terrorism and corruption, especially intellectual and religious corruption. He hailed ....

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