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Pope Shenuda III, head of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church, leads the Easter midnight mass at the Coptic Cathedral of Saint Mark, Cairo in the early hours of April 24, 2011.
Thousands of Egyptian Christians headed to Jerusalem for Easter
Al-Masry Al-Youm 29 Mar 2013
  Dozens of Egyptian Christians headed to Israel on Thursday on an Air Sinai flight to celebrate Easter in...
Update: Ethiopian delegation arrives for Monday's papal vote
Egypt Independent 28 Oct 2012
On Sunday morning, a delegation of five senior Ethiopian Orthodox Church bishops and priests arrived at Cairo airport,...
New pope to be elected 2 December, says Coptic Church
Reuters 14 Sep 2012
  Egypt's Coptic Orthodox Church will choose a new pope on 2 December, after Pope Shenouda who led the church...
Copts women protesting at Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Abbasiya, Cairo, May 18,2012, against recent statements of Bishop Beshoy.
For Copts, marriage in the church may mean marriage to the church
Mai Shams El-Din 05 Sep 2012
When Rafek Farouk, cofounder of Copts 38, begun to chant against the Coptic Church’s divorce laws inside the...
Pope Shenouda as a writer
Amir Zaky 22 Mar 2012
Displayed on the shelves of every church bookstore in Egypt is a collection of writings by the late Pope Shenouda III....
The casket containing the body of Pope Shenuda III, the spiritual leader of the Middle East's largest Christian minority, is seen during prayers ahead of his funeral in Saint Mark's Coptic Cathedral in Cairo's al-Abbassiya district, March 20, 2012. Egypt's Coptic Christians were preparing to bury Pope Shenuda III, who died at the weekend at the age of 88, leaving behind his flock of decades full of anxiety over rising Islamism.
Tuesday’s papers: Mourning continues for Pope Shenouda
Amany Aly Shawky 20 Mar 2012
State-owned Al-Ahram leads on Tuesday with the news of Pope Shenouda III’s funeral and Field Marshal Hussein...
Pope Shenuda III, head of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church, leads the Easter midnight mass at the Coptic Cathedral of Saint Mark, Cairo in the early hours of April 24, 2011.
On social media, Pope Shenouda is both mourned and criticized
Egypt Independent 17 Mar 2012
With a mix of grief and apathy, Egypt’s online social media communities responded to the news of Pope Shenouda...
Egyptian Copts' leader Pope Shenouda III receives Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb who heads a delegation including former minister of religious endowments Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq to felicitate Shenouda on the Easter, Abbaseyya, 19 April, 2011.
SCAF, political figures react to Shenouda death
Egypt Independent 17 Mar 2012
Egypt’s ruling military council, presidential candidates, religious figures, and the US president expressed...
Pope Shenouda III, pope of Alexandria, 13 July, 2007.
Pope Shenouda, Coptic Church head in an era of change
Noha El-Hennawy 17 Mar 2012
Pope Shenouda III was born Nazeer Gayed in August 1923 to a conservative Christian Family. By his teens, he was heavily...
Pope Shenouda III,pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Episcopate
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, aged 89, has died
Egypt Independent 17 Mar 2012
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria died on Saturday, aged 89, after a long struggle with disease, church sources told Al-...