{"id":27371,"date":"2018-02-20T09:02:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T09:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acnmalta.org\/?p=27371"},"modified":"2018-02-20T09:02:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T09:02:09","slug":"egypt-terrorist-attacks-will-not-undermine-unity-egyptian-community-marta-petrosillo-acn-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acnmalta.org\/_oldsite\/2018\/02\/20\/egypt-terrorist-attacks-will-not-undermine-unity-egyptian-community-marta-petrosillo-acn-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"EGYPT:  \u201cTerrorist attacks will not undermine the unity of the Egyptian community\u201d  Marta Petrosillo \u2013 ACN Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">EGYPT<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cTerrorist attacks will not undermine the unity of the Egyptian community\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cThese attacks will not undermine the unity of the Egyptian community.\u201d The words are those of Pope Tawadros II, Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, speaking to a delegation from the Italian section of the international Catholic pastoral charity <strong><em>Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)<\/em><\/strong>. The delegation and its director Alessandro Monteduro was received at the seat of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Primate of the Coptic Orthodox Church \u2013 the largest Christian community in the Middle East, numbering around 15 million adherents (2 million of them in the diaspora) \u2013 believes that the ultimate aim of the many attacks that have bloodied Egyptian soil is an attempt to divide the Egyptian people. \u201cBut we are very careful to reaffirm our unity after every massacre\u201d, he insists, explaining that the Coptic Orthodox Church is also taking care of the families of the victims and of those wounded in the attacks, a task that has prompted the establishment of an ad hoc office for the purpose within the patriarchate.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cWe assured Pope Tawadros of our deep sympathy and solidarity with this martyred Church\u201d, said ACN Italy\u2019s director Alessandro Monteduro, following the meeting, which symbolically took place on the feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul and at the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. It also happened to mark the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the pro-democracy protests on Cairo\u2019s Tahrir Square.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The ACN delegation, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciprobuyonline.org\">http:\/\/www.ciprobuyonline.org<\/a> which spent a few days in Egypt and which also included Bishop Francesco Cavina of the Italian diocese of Carpi, was able to visit the places affected by the most recent attacks on the Christian community and meet with the families of the victims. Among them was Maryam, the wife of the watchman at the church of Saint Peter and Paul in Cairo, who was killed in the attack of December 2016. \u201cShe immediately told us that she had forgiven her husband\u2019s murderers\u201d, \u00a0Monteduro explained. Then she added, \u201cWe Christians know that we are exposed, and we are ready to die for our faith.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The delegation was able to witness the numerous security measures that had been taken to protect all the churches. \u201cBut what struck us most during this time\u201d, the Italian director added, \u201cwas the vigour and beauty of the faith of the Coptic Christians of Egypt who, despite the attacks, despite the terror created by the action of the fundamentalist Islamist groups, do not cease to flock to their places of worship.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Coptic community is indeed a strong one, but nevertheless, it needs our solidarity. \u201cIt is important for Italian Christians to \u2018return to Egypt\u2019, following the footsteps of the Holy Family\u201d, Monteduro insists. \u201cOur brothers and sisters there really need us, and it is the best way of demonstrating to them that we all of us together form one Christian community.\u201d In Egypt, there is also a Catholic Coptic Church numbering some 200.000 faithful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Marta Petrosillo \u2013 ACN Italy<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EGYPT \u201cTerrorist attacks will not undermine the unity of the Egyptian community\u201d &nbsp; \u00a0\u201cThese attacks will not undermine the unity of the Egyptian community.\u201d The words are those of Pope Tawadros II, Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and head of the Coptic Orthodox Church, speaking to a delegation from the Italian section of the international Catholic&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-newsletters"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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