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The Coptic Catholic Church is the most numerous of the local Catholic communities (200,000 faithful) and is organized into the Patriarchal Diocese, which includes Cairo, Alexandria, the Delta region and the South, and five other Dioceses: Minya, Lycopolis (Assiut), Sohag, Thebes-Luxor and Ismayliah.
Egyptian Catholics belong to seven distinct churches in full communion with the bishop of Rome: Armenian, Chaldean, Coptic, Latin, Maronite, Melkite Greek and Syriac. I exchanged emails with Father May to get his views on what is happening in Egypt, particularly in the Catholic community.
Jun 19, 2018 · And for decades—outside ministry to the poor—the Sunday school was all that existed. In the 1940s, three particular Cairo churches emerged as centers of the movement, each with a different...
Jun 4, 2020 · Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Egypt - Egyptian - Byzantine Catholic Rite - worship, theology, spirituality, and education.
Jun 26, 2024 · According to Catholic pontifical and charity foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) International, Egypt’s Christians have more freedom of worship today than they did a few years ago,...
This Florentine-style Roman Catholic church is a major landmark along Sharia Mohammed Farid. It dates from 1909 when Cairo was home to a sizeable Italian community who used the church as their main place of worship.
Jul 17, 2024 · The Egyptian government has lifted the restrictions on the construction of churches, allowing the Coptic Catholic community to start restoring St George’s Cathedral in Luxor – destroyed by a fire...
