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Pope Tawadros Calls for Moving or Expanding ‘Crowded’ Egyptian Churches after Abu Sifin Fire

Egypt's Coptic Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria joined government calls to move churches in overcrowded areas to “wider places,” days after a major fire engulfed a church in the Giza governorate, killing dozens. “There are small prayer places compared to the number of Copts in the area, and the church…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 17, 2022

UN Chief Offers Condolences over Victims of Egypt Church Fire

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed his condolences to the families of victims of Sunday's fire that ripped through a Coptic Christian church during mass and killed more than 40 people and injured another 16, including children. “The Secretary-General is saddened by the tragic fire that occurred at the Coptic Abu…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 16, 2022

Egyptians Mourn 41 Killed in Cairo Coptic Church Fire

Funerals were held in two Cairo churches Sunday evening for 41 victims of a fire that ripped through a Coptic Christian church during mass, forcing worshippers to jump out of windows. The blaze, blamed on an electrical fault, hit the Abu Sifin church in densely populated Imbaba, a working class…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 15, 2022