However, the Christians of Egypt continued to view Shenouda as their Pope and only leader, and he continued to conduct his duties from his desert monastery: ecclesiastically, Sadat's decision was ineffective.
Israel Pope Shenouda III had arguments with then President over both the and what he said was the president's deficient response to growing. After a series of protests that led president Sadat to depose Pope Shenouda III, he was exiled by Sadat and sent to the, to return three years after Sadat's assassination following an amnesty by Sadat's successor.
His stance toward Israel was encapsulated by his words: From the Arabic national point we should not abandon our Palestinian brothers and our Arabic brothers by normalising our relations with the Jews.
From the church point of view, Copts who go to Jerusalem betray their church in the case of 'Al-Sultan Monastery' that Israel refuses to give to the Copts. He also warned that Copts who visited Jerusalem would face excommunication on the premise that there was 'no pilgrimage duty in Christianity and it is not a religious pillar, so since this visit can do harm to our national cause and to the Muslim and Christian people then we better not visit Jerusalem.
Some of the Coptic property within the compound of the including the Coptic monastery known as was to the. Upon the application of some bishops, the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod, based on the direction of Pope Shenouda III, also decided to ask Copts not to visit Jerusalem until the Church possessions and the monastery be returned.
In , the Holy Synod renewed the decree, urging Copts not to visit the Christian holy places in, including. His view on Palestinian was that it was a 'natural reaction to the pressure and depression in which Palestinians live. They do not see any alternative but to explode themselves in the face of an enemy that uses all the means of power with no mercy. Second, not thinking about the reaction of showing they found satisfaction in the incidents.
Third, they are considered accomplices in the crime. Fourth, they are committing a wrongful act not approved by religion. Persecution of Christianity in Egypt in his time A large number of Muslims in Egypt unambiguously consider all non-Muslim religions as heresy.
Persecution against Christians during Pope Shenouda III's reign was chiefly conducted by private individuals and organizations, especially radical, although the state continued to enforce long-standing discriminatory policies and engage in occasional Christian-baiting.
Particularly in Upper Egypt, the rise in extremist Salafi groups such as the during the s was accompanied by attacks on Copts and on Coptic churches. The police have been accused of siding with the attackers in some of these cases.
Hundreds of Christian Coptic girls have been kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam, as well as being victims of rape and forced marriage to Muslim men.
Christian properties were also burned. Later, a criminal court in released all 89 defendants charged in the New Year's massacre in Kosheh without bail.
Pope Shenouda III rejected the verdict openly, and told reporters, 'We want to challenge this ruling. We don't accept it. In November , several thousand Muslims attacked a Coptic church in a suburb of Cairo on the day of its inauguration, forcing Coptic Christians to barricade themselves in.
In April , two men were shot dead and another was injured by men after an vigil in the south of. On 18 September , a Muslim man called Osama Araban beheaded a man in the village of Bagour, and injured 2 others in 2 different villages. He was arrested the following day.
John church in city when three men in a car near the church. On New Year's Day , just 20 minutes after midnight as were leaving a in the city of after a New Year's Eve service.
The attacks resulted in the deaths of 12 people and more than wounded. It is reported that the events were triggered by a mixed marriage between a Christian woman and a Muslim man.
Successive Egyptian governments have long held in place laws that hampered the freedom of Christian worship and restricted the right to build or even renovate churches. They maintained and enforced an Ottoman era restrictions on building or repairing churches. These governments also restricted Christians from senior government, diplomatic, military, and educational positions, and there has been increasing discrimination in the private sector. The government allowed various media outlets to attack Christianity and restricted Christians access to the state-controlled media to defent themselves or speak their minds.
Security agencies sporadically persecuted Muslim converts to Christianity. In the government does not officially recognize conversions from Islam to Christianity; because certain interfaith marriages are not allowed either, this prevents marriages between converts to Christianity and those born in Christian communities, and also results in the children of Christian converts being classified as Muslims and given a Muslim education.
While there were only four Coptic Orthodox churches in all of North America in , today there are more than two hundred. Pope Shenouda established the first Diocese in the lands of immigration for the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in , the; and appointed the general bishop for the United Kingdom at the time, to oversee it by consecrating and enthroning him as its bishop.
In this visit, Pope Shenouda III and signed a common declaration on the issue of and agreed to further discussions on Christianity. There were also dialogues with various Protestant churches worldwide. In an address he gave at an ecumenical forum during the International Week of Prayer in , he declared, 'The whole Christian world is anxious to see the church unite. Christian people, being fed up with divisions, are pushing their church leaders to do something about church unity and I am sure that the is inspiring us.
He, along with the Holy Synod, argued that the removal of Patriarch Abune Tewophilos was illegal and contrary to, as it was an act of political interference. Though Patriarch Tewophilos was said to have been executed, the did not acknowledge that this had happened. Thus, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria refused to recognise any other Patriarch as long as ' death had not been confirmed.
Formal ties between the Coptics Church and Ethiopia were then severed, although they remained in full. Formal relations between the two churches resumed on 13 July Theological disputes Pope Shenouda III was involved in theological disagreements concerning the issue of —the transforming effect of divine grace. He published eight booklets explaining his view of theosis and lectured on the issue in the theological seminary of Cairo and also in the seminary of Alexandria. Other than the subliminal dispute with Fr.
Illness and death In the months prior to Pope Shenouda's death, rumours which were denied by the Holy Synod had spread through Cairo's Coptic community that he had fallen into a coma. He regularly flew to the United States for medical treatment and, according to his doctor he 'suffered from kidney disease and diabetes.
He had stopped taking medication because he was too weak. However, 's Coptic Egyptian reporter reported that he had been in good spirits prior to his death. The funeral took place after three days of; on 20 March, he was buried at the in, in accordance with his wishes. Of and was appointed to take over papal duties until the election of a new Pope, being the second-most senior in the in age after, but due to his failing health and age delegated this duty to Metropolitan Pachomios during the first meeting of the Holy Synod after Shenouda's death.
Reactions During the night, an estimated one million or more mourners were said to have visited his body at, causing traffic jams stretching for kilometres. The body was taken out of the coffin and lay in a seated position on a ceremonial throne dressed in gold- and red-embroidered vestments, a golden upon his head with a gold-tipped staff in his hand.
Many Coptic figures from across the world started to return to the country to pay their respects and work towards the selection of a new pope. Mourners from across Egypt went to in to pay their respects. Bells tolled in Cairo's Abbasiya district, where the primary cathedral of the Coptic Church is located.
So large was the crowd of mourners gathering in Cathedral Square to pay their respects that three were killed and injured in a crush as the queue to view the body of the deceased pope stretched for more than one kilometer. Viewing was cut short after the tragedy, and the cathedral was closed to the public.
Shown in this image are, from the left, and. Political and religious reactions to his death came from across the Egyptian spectrum and internationally.
The issued a statement on Facebook that expressed their wish of 'preserving the unity of Egypt and the unity of its social fabric'. It added that with the loss, the country should 'consolidate with each other in order to pass with Egypt towards security and stability. The 's 's Speaker of Parliament said of Shenouda's death that Egypt had lost 'one of its national icons, a man who left a void in the political arena at a critical time. The party also issued a statement signed by the party's chairman that stated Shenouda's life was 'a long journey of big contribution in various fields domestically and abroad.
He was a national character and a symbol for patriotism and he gained wide respect and appreciation from the Egyptian people. His vision was always that Egypt is not the country that we live in; but the country that lives in us. Said that his death was a loss to Egypt because he was a 'unique religious leader and a distinguished character in the national history.
Coptic church will pass this hard moment because of the great legacy of Pope Shenouda;' said that Pope Shenouda III was 'a great man who was working for the interests of the country. He was working for Egypt to stand as a unified front against the challenges facing the nation;' and 's campaign issued a statement saying that Fotouh had spoken with the Church's bishop for youth, Bishop Moussa, to express his condolences to both the Coptic Church and Copts.
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