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Egypt top court overturns Coptic remarriage ruling
Egypt’s highest judiciary body on Wednesday overturned a ruling ordering the Coptic church to allow its faithful to remarry, the official MENA news agency said, in a move welcomed by the church. The Supreme Constitutional Court overturned a May decision by the High Administrative Court that obliged the head of the church, Pope Shenuda III,... »
Egypt court: Coptic church must allow remarriage
Image by Bakar_88 via Flickr A court in Egypt has ordered the Coptic church to allow its faithful to remarry, quashing an appeal by the head of the church. “By law, a Christian can remarry and the constitution guarantees his rights to have a (new) family. The appeal by Pope Shenuda III to prevent Copts from... »
Sham Al-Nessim
For Egyptians, Sham Al-Nessim marks the advent of Spring. It falls on the first Monday after Coptic Easter, and it was linked to agricultural activity in ancient Egypt. It included fertility rites and ancient harvest festivals that were later, and unwittingly, attached to Christianity and the celebration of Easter. The date is not a... »
Egypt arrests Turk with ancient Coptic relics
Customs officials on Tuesday arrested a Turkish man at Cairo airport after they found ancient 27 Coptic Christian relics in his luggage, an airport official said. The 72-year-old traveler is suspected of trying to smuggle three Coptic bibles, two illustrated papyrus scrolls and fabrics dating back to the 6th century. The man reportedly said he... »
The Coptic Calendar and its Ancient Egyptian roots
Image via Wikipedia The Coptic calendar, the oldest in history, had been in existence for at least three millennia before Christ. Indeed, what today is termed the Coptic Christian calendar is essentially derived from earlier models of ancient Egyptian measurements of time. Ironically, all the current names of the Coptic months retain something of their... »
Out of Egypt
Image via Wikipedia Egyptian Christians come from as far away as Oklahoma City and Arkansas for the services at Saints Peter and Paul Coptic Orthodox Church, 17015 S. Memorial Drive, Bixby. The service is traditional Orthodox, largely unchanged for 2,000 years, with a liturgy that is overwhelmingly prayer and Scripture, all chanted. The 40-family congregation... »
