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Feb 17, 2016 · Coptic Orthodox Patriarch Tawadros II officially registered the 21 Copts in the Synaxarium, the book of the martyrs of the Coptic Church, and established their memory to be celebrated on Feb. 15. A number of church leaders have shared their thoughts on the beheaded Christians, with the Lord Alton of Liverpool stating after the Westminster service:
Feb 15, 2019 · February 15, 2019. A series of miracles have been reported in the hometown of the brave Coptic men who were beheaded by ISIS in a sickening 2015 execution. Pictures showing the 21 faithful followers of Jesus being lined up on a beach before being savagely executed were shared around the world, illustrating the utter barbarism of ISIS’ radical ...
Feb 16, 2015 · Associated Press/Photo by Hassan Ammar. A grim week of publicized killings linked to ISIS jihadists culminated on Sunday with a video release showing the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians who had been captured by militants in Libya. Notice of the executions sent Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi into an emergency meeting with military ...
Apr 19, 2017 · The Associated Press. Apr 19, 2017. Tuesday's attack on the famed Saint Catherine's Monastery in Sinai late on Tuesday, killing one policeman and wounding four, is the latest in the ongoing seige of Egypt's Christian population by Islamic militants. The attack come two weeks after deadly bombings of two Coptic churches in separate cities, which ...
Feb 25, 2019 · On Feb. 15, 2015, both were among the men beheadedby Islamic State 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 Arts.
Feb 16, 2015 · Relatives of Egyptian Coptic Christians purportedly murdered by ISIS militants in Libya react after hearing the news, Feb. 16, 2015, in the village of Al-Awar in Egypt's southern province of Minya ...
Feb 21, 2015 · Mark Burnett, Roma Downey, Russell Moore, Samuel Rodriguez and Gabe Lyons and other religious leaders are asking Christians to observe a minute of silence Sunday for the 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians beheaded by the ISIS terrorists. They are also urging President Obama to do more to address the persecution of Christians.
