It’s That Burn-a-Church-after-Friday Prayers Time of the Week
Coptic and other Christian churches are under siege in Egypt as never before. Mid East Christian News (MCN) reports with breaking news that a crowd of enraged Muslims in the town of Sarsana, Fayoum...
View ArticleAttacks on Egyptian Christians Continue
Attack on St. Mark’s Cathedral, Cairo. (Photo Credit: AsiaNews) By Faith J. H. McDonnell (@Cuchulain09) In the preface to his most recent book, Spring Fever: The Illusion of Islamic Democracy, former...
View ArticleBishop Mouneer Anis on the Crisis Facing Egyptian Christians
Anglican Bishop of Egypt Mouneer Anis (R) greets Coptic Pope Tawadros II (Photo credit: Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria). By Jeff Walton (@JeffreyHWalton) UPDATE: Bishop Anis has released a letter...
View ArticleSenior Homeland Security Adviser Slams Egypt’s Christian Copts
This article was originally published at The Clarion Project. It is cross-posted with permission. The Coptic Christians of Egypt are – by any definition – victims, especially since the fall of Mubarak,...
View ArticleSaturday Morning Prayer for the Worldwide Persecuted Church
Have you been praying for the Chibok, Nigeria girls kidnapped by Boko Haram, for Christians in North Korea? Is Pastor Saeed Abedini, the American Iranian in prison in Tehran, or Pakistani Christians...
View ArticleLife for Christians in a Land of Long Running Persecution
As this writer has observed in a number of past articles, Christians in this country struggling against the demands of the sexual revolution may or may not prevail in gaining legal accommodation. We...
View ArticleJewish Influences on Egyptian Christianity: An Interview with a Coptic...
Fr. Pishoy Salama is a Coptic Orthodox priest in the Greater Toronto Area. In 2007, His Holiness Pope Shenouda appointed him to establish St. Maurice & St. Verena Coptic Orthodox Church in...
View ArticleWho is Jesus?
In his introduction to Athanasius’ great work, On the Incarnation, C. S. Lewis wrote that it was this 4th c. bishop who “stood for the Trinitarian doctrine, ‘whole and undefiled’ when it looked as if...
View ArticleWho are the Middle Eastern Christians? – A Simple Guide for the Western Church
For Western Christians, attempting to identify and make sense of the tapestry of Eastern Christianity can be an onerous undertaking. Yet, understanding Eastern Christianity is critical if we hope to...
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