May 19, 2012

Funeral Oration on the Life of the Thrice-Blessed Pope Shenouda III

The fol­low­ing funeral ora­tion was deliv­ered impromptu by His Emi­nence Met­ro­pol­i­tan Bakhomious, Met­ro­pol­i­tan of Beheira and Pen­tapo­lis, and Locum Tenens of the See of St. Mark, towards the end of the funeral for the thrice-blessed Pope Shenouda III. Des…

Message of Condolences of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel at the Passing Away of Pope Shenouda III, Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church

To His Emi­nence Met­ro­pol­i­tan BISHOY,General Sec­re­tary of the Holy Synod,Coptic Ortho­dox Patri­ar­chate
Your Emi­nence,
It is with deep Chris­t­ian sor­row that we have learned of the pass­ing away from this world, on the 17th of March 2012, after a …

Message and Letter of Condolences from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for the Departure of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III

Fr. Ron Rober­son of the United States Con­fer­ence of Catholic Bish­ops sent Bishop Ser­a­pion a mes­sage of con­do­lences for the depar­ture of His Holi­ness Pope Shenouda III, saying,

Please accept the sin­cere con­do­lences of all the staff of the Secretar…

Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Adjourns Meeting in Honor of Pope Shenouda III

LOS ANGELES COUNTY — Super­vi­sor Michael D. Antonovich adjourned the meet­ing of the Board of Super­vi­sors in mem­ory of Pope Shenouda III of the Cop­tic Ortho­dox Church. “As the patri­arch of one of the world’s most ancient churches, Pope Shenoud…

Israel Sends Condolences to Egyptians for the Departure of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III

The Min­istry of For­eign Affairs of Israel extended con­do­lences to Egypt, to the Copt com­mu­nity and to the Egypt­ian peo­ple upon the pass­ing of the Cop­tic Pope Shenouda III.

The Min­istry of For­eign Affairs extends Israel’s sin­cere condolences…

Prime Minister and Nation of Australia offer Condolences to Copts over the Departure of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III

This morn­ing Aus­tralians woke to the sad news that Pope Shenouda III, Patri­arch of Cop­tic Ortho­dox Church, has died in Egypt overnight.
Pope Shenouda had served in reli­gious life for sixty years. He was spir­i­tual leader of his peo­ple for four&nbsp…

Egyptian Politicians and Dignitaries offer Condolences for the Departure of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III

The Egypt­ian State Infor­ma­tion Ser­vice (ESIS) issued a press release mourn­ing the depar­ture of His Holi­ness Pope Shenouda III and express­ing the con­do­lences and sen­ti­ments of sev­eral promi­nent Egypt­ian politi­cians and dig­ni­taries. ESIS also pub­lished a…

Condolences of His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Orthodox Church

His Holi­ness Aram I, Catholi­cos of the Armen­ian Ortho­dox Church, sent a let­ter of con­do­lences to the Holy Synod of the Cop­tic Ortho­dox Church, which is sum­ma­rized below. In addition, Archbishops Sebouh Sarkiss­ian, Prelate of Tehran, and Nareg Alem…

Condolences of the European Commission for the Departure of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III

I was deeply sad­dened to learn the news of the death of Pope Shenouda III, the Head of the Cop­tic Ortho­dox Church of Alexan­dria.
Pope Shenouda was a respected national and reli­gious leader who has always strived for free­dom of reli­gion and …

Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs offers Condolences

Min­is­ter of For­eign Affairs Mohamed Amr in his name and on behalf of all mem­bers of the For­eign Min­istry, offers the deep­est con­do­lences to all Egyp­tians, Chris­tians and Mus­lims, on the pass­ing of Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexan­dria and the Patriarch…