Many Egyptians talk about the participation of father Sergius in the revolution of 1919. They mention proudly his historic speech in Al-Azhar mosque to unite the Egyptians against the British occupation, which manifested the vital role of the clergy to unite their people against injustice and occupation.
It's the way of Christ Himself who said: Why do you strike Me! Jesus said to one of the officers who stood by during his trial and struck Him with the palm of his hand: “If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why do you strike Me?” Jesus was denouncing the action of striking him without a cause. This should be applied by all Christians when they face oppression or prosecution for no good reason. Jesus showed us how to refuse the oppression and prosecution peacefully, and not just keep silent as many people think.
The regulation of 1957 is related to the conditions of electing the new pope
Three weeks ago, I expected a wave of attacks on Christians and the church after the attacks of Rafah, which is the same policy of the former regime and is adopted by Muslim Brotherhood; whenever the government wants to distract the people, it agitates some prepared issues like football problem, the extremists' problem with the art,
Few days ago, HG Bishop Paula came out excitedly telling us that church delegation in the Constituent Assembly has been able to make an achievement. For the first time in the Egyptian history,
I felt really bad upon reading in Alwatan newspaper that father Salib Matta Sawirus supports the application of the death penalty against the person who defames God, religions, or prophets. The man is member of General Congregation Council and head of Salam international center for human rights as well as a church leader.
6 years ago and before the Egyptian presidential elections in 2005, I wrote an essay entitled "the Copts between the National Party and the Muslim Brotherhood" where I mentioned dozens of sectarian incidents against the Copts since
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