The population of Jerusalem is composed of Moslems, Jews, Greeks, Latins, Armenians, Syrians, Copts, Abyssinians, Greek Catholics, and a handful of Protestants.
The chapel of the Syrians is not handsome; that of the Copts is the humblest of them all.
FILE- Sisi congratulates
Copts at Christmas mass in Cairo's Abbasiya cathedral, 2016 CAIRO, Jan 6 (MENA) - President Abdel Fattah El Sisi Sunday cabled his greetings to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of St.
Most of them are Orthodox
Copts, the largest Christian population in the Middle East.
About 10 per cent of Egypt's population are
Copts, and many say the state discriminates against them and does not offer them enough protection.
Egyptian
Copts will celebrate Christmas on 7 January.
Coptic Christian figure Najib Sweres last week accused the Egyptian state of purposefully concealing the true number of his fellow
Copts living in the country.
The Wilayat Tripoli (State of Tripoli) group said on Twitter that its fighters had kidnapped 21
Copts in Tripoli, the World Bulletin reported.
The
Copts of Egypt: The Challenges of Modernisation and Identity (reprint, 2011)
Summary: Despite retaliation,
Copts are determined to back new constitution drafted under military-installed authorities.