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Feb 15, 2015 · The militants had been holding 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians hostage for weeks, all labourers rounded up from the city of Sirte in December and January. It was not clear from the video whether all ...
Feb 17, 2015 · Relatives of Egyptian Coptic Christians purportedly murdered in Libya by self-proclaimed Islamic State militants mourn for those killed. Over the weekend a video emerged apparently showing the ...
Oct 8, 2017 · Bodies of 21 Coptic Christians Beheaded by ISIS in Libya Found in Mass Grave. Men in orange jumpsuits purported to be Egyptian Christians held captive by the Islamic State kneel in front of armed men along a beach said to be near Tripoli, in this still image from an undated video made available on social media on February 15, 2015. In the video ...
1 day ago · The Coptic Orthodox Church declared the 21 Coptic Christians as martyr saints within only a week of their murder in 2015 along the Libyan coast. Pope Francis’ inclusion of the martyrs in the Roman Martyrology in 2023 marked a significant moment in ecumenical relations between the Catholic Church and the Coptic Orthodox Church, which is the ...
Feb 15, 2015 · A video released Sunday showed the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya by ISIS militants. YouTube The video, being widely circulated on the Twitter accounts of ISIS supporters, is titled "A Message Signed With Blood to the Nation of the Cross."
1 January 2011 (On New Year's Eve) – 21 Christians killed in bombing in Alexandria. A car bomb exploded in front of an Alexandria Coptic Orthodox Church killing at least 21 and injuring at least 79. The incident happened a few minutes after midnight as Christians were leaving a New Year's Eve Church service.
Feb 16, 2015 · Coptic Patriarch Calls 21 Beheaded Christians 'Martyrs for the Faith;' Pope Francis Says 'Their Blood Confesses Christ' By Stoyan Zaimov , Christian Post Reporter Monday, February 16, 2015 Relatives of 27 Egyptian Coptic Christian workers who were kidnapped in the Libyan city of Sirte, take part in a protest to call for their release, in Cairo ...
