Copts United

Wednesday ,03 August 2016

Pre-prepared Friday sermons are of legitimate national interest: Egypt's endowments minister

Egypt's religious endowments minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa said that having pre-prepared Friday sermons is of "legitimate national interest," though he stressed that the "era of silencing people is over."

Second International Coptic Conference - Washington, DC

More than 220 thinkers, politicians, secularists and non-secularists, and Muslims from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iraq, Tunisia, Bahrain, Libya, Europe, the United States, and Australia, convened to study and discuss the status of the minorities in the Middle East and Islamic countries.

Friday ,03 February 2012

The First International Coptic Symposium

In order to end the long and enduring persecution of the Copts in Egypt , we call on the Egyptian government to enact ‘Special Legislation’ through the Egyptian legislature to correct all inequities resulting from historical neglect and discrimination.

Article Of The Day

Give me understanding and wisdom

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I was shocked, like many Copts, after the painful and tragic incident that led to the death of Bishop Epiphanius, head of the Monastery of St. Makkar. Several incidents added to such pain including the death of Father Zinoun and the severe attack against the church and its leaders. For centuries, the Church is often surrounded by threats from outside and inside, but the dangers of this era are increased through so