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Apr 10, 2017 · Here’s the video: Posted to Facebook on Sunday, April 9th, the video description says: “Coptic Christians boldly reciting the Nicene Creed in Arabic after a cathedral bombing.”. Unfortunately, we can’t confirm whether the video is from the most recent attacks, or if it’s from a previous attack and is simply circulating again.
Sep 18, 2017 · By Coptic Solidarity – Egypt’s indigenous Christians, the Copts, are under attack in a myriad of ways—from institutional and daily systematic discrimination to sporadic terrorization. While spectacular aspects of the latter, such as church bombings that cause large casualties, receive media attention, the slow motion bleeding of the Copts via unspectacular, even mundane ways receives […]
Apr 9, 2017 · Sunday’s bombings came nearly four months after a suicide bomber killed 23 people in a Coptic Orthodox cathedral in Cairo. Copts, who make up about 10% of Egypt’s 91 million residents, have ...
Apr 28, 2017 · Here are six things you should know about the Coptic Orthodox Church. 1. It starts with Mark. If the Catholic Church's founding saint is St Peter, then the Coptic Church's is St Mark. The community, according to tradition, originated with the disciple and evangelist who visited Alexandria, Egypt in AD 42. Within half a century of the apostle's ...
Jan 1, 2011 · Jan. 1, 2011. A bomb, possibly worn by a suicide attacker, ripped through a throng of worshipers outside of a Coptic Christian church in the port city of Alexandria, Egypt, early Saturday, killing ...
Jan 1, 2011 · At least 21 were killed in an Egypt church bombing early today that came just as 1,000 Coptic Christians were leaving a New Year's Eve mass in Alexandria. Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters
Apr 9, 2017 · Pope Tawadros II, the leader of the Coptic church who will meet with Francis on April 28-29, was in the Alexandra cathedral at the time of the bombing but was unhurt, the Interior Ministry said. It was the single deadliest day for Christians in decades and the worst since a bombing at a Cairo church in December killed 30 people.
