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Coptic Orphans Podcast on Ancient Faith Radio
What has been happening for Copts in Egypt lately? Will Christians empty out of Egypt? How are Egyptians still aware of the Holy Family's visit today? Check out our first Podcast on Ancient Faith Radio.
Update from Egypt Gov’t: Coptic Orphans Not Denied
Coptic Orphans recently published a response to Egyptian media report that the Egyptian government had effectively denied permission for us to operate as an international NGO in Egypt. A representative of the Egyptian government recently clarified: we have made no...
Coptic Orphans’ Response to Egypt Government Statement
Although Coptic Orphans has not received any notification from the Egyptian government, Al Masry Al Youm reported today that the Ministry of Social Solidarity denied eight applications for international NGO registration, including the application that Coptic Orphans...
Copts Got Talent – Coming to Sydney!
Copts Got Talent is a fundraising dinner and talent show dedicated to the orphan and widow of Egypt. We have a full lineup of all kinds of talents to show you, including juggling, hymn-singing, rapping, poetry recitation, and even painting. It's the perfect...
Christ is Risen!
Anyone else used to love the emails of the late Fr. Antonious Henein of Holy Virgin Mary Church in Los Angeles, with their short Patristic sayings and beautiful icons? Someone once told me a story about Abouna Antonious. Fr. Antonious lamented, "I can't spread the...
Video: Injustices Facing Orphaned Children in Egypt
Many people don't know that most children in orphanages around the world have living relatives or even parents. The same goes in Egypt. So how do children with family end up in orphanages? The answer is in the special injustices that paternal orphans--or fatherless...
Egypt: So Just How Many are Really Illiterate?
Last week I had the good fortune of attending Coptic Orphans' own Hanan Baky give a talk at the first-ever Global Summit on Childhood in Washington, DC. The summit drew 700, and was an impressive accomplishment of new director Diana Whitehead. I've written out the...
Egypt: 4 Reasons to Love 2011
[Photo by Lara Gerges.] 2011 Was a challenging year in Egypt. But as I read our newly published 2011 Annual Report, I was struck by how much we had to thank God for. Here are my top four: #1 - We didn’t let the security situation in Egypt stop us. Thanks...
We Never Thought We’d Leave Egypt
Coptic Orphans staff member Nefr Nabil and her husband Wessam were living idyllic lives in pre-revolutionary Egypt. They lived in Al-Rehab, a refined residential compound near Heliopolis where people could actually breathe the air and enjoy nature away from bustling...
22 New Santa Monica Sponsors for Coptic Orphans
Exactly a month ago this weekend, Coptic Orphans came to Santa Monica, CA for a fundraiser to benefit its work of providing education to Egypt’s fatherless children. About 120 people turned out at the Annenberg Community Beach House to hear Executive Director Nermien...
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