Egypt's newly reelected president attended Saturday (Jan. 06) the Christmas eve mass at the Cathedral of Nativity of Christ, east of Cairo. The celebration was overshadowed by the war raging in the Gaza Strip, on Egypt’s eastern borders. “God willing, this year will be happy for all of us, and we will overcome, thanks to God, the major existing crises. We hope to God that they will not increase more than that and will not continue more than that (meaning the war in Gaza)," president El-Sisi said. Orthodox Christians are the overwhelming majority of Egypt’s Christians, who account for about 10% of the 105 million population.
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