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On 19 April 2015, IS released another video in which they murdered about 30 Ethiopian Christians. The victims, all but one being members of the Coptic Orthodox Church, were formally declared saints and martyrs in February of 2015 by Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria.
May 11, 2023 · By Nicole Winfield. Published 6:06 AM PDT, May 11, 2023. VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is formally recognizing 21 Coptic Orthodox workers who were beheaded by Islamic militants in Libya as martyrs with their own feast day, in a significant new ecumenical gesture aimed at forging unity between Catholic and Orthodox churches.
Feb 16, 2017 · 6 Votes. Relatives of the 21 Coptic Christians beheaded by ISIS in the infamous "A Message Signed With Blood to the Nation of the Cross" video are sharing the pain of losing their loved ones, but also their pride in the men's refusal to deny Jesus on the two-year anniversary of their death.
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May 11, 2023 · VATICAN CITY, May 11 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Thursday announced that 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians beheaded by Islamic State in Libya in 2015 are being recognised as martyrs by the...
Feb 15, 2019 · Mark Woods 15 February 2019 | 3:30 PM. Exactly four years ago, on a beach in Libya on February 15, 2015, 21 orange-clad men were beheaded by fighters of Islamic State. The actual moment of death is missing from the video, perhaps because it is too amateurish and messy to fit the careful choreography of the atrocity.
Feb 15, 2024 · On Feb. 15, 2015, both were among the men beheaded by Islamic State group soldiers on a beach in Libya. All 21 — 20 Egyptian Copts and a Ghanan who professed his Christian faith — were soon declared martyrs by the Coptic Orthodox Church. This is the latest chapter in a long drama, detailed by writer Martin Mosebach, of the German Academy of ...
Feb 23, 2015 · Relatives of Egyptian Coptic Christians purportedly murdered by ISIS militants in Libya sit inside a house after hearing the news on Feb. 16, 2015 in the village of Al-Our in Egypt's southern...
