Azhar Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmed el Tayeb with Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church Pope Tawadros II. File photoSisi wishes Copts a happy Easter CAIRO - 6 April 2018: President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi extended his Easter wishes to Coptic Orthodox Christians domestically and abroad. He sent, via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, cables of greetings to the Egyptian embassies and consulates. It is scheduled that the Easter eve mass will be held on Saturday evening at the St.800 Egyptian Copts travel to Jerusalem to celebrate Easter CAIRO - 2 April 2018: Five Air Sinai flights carrying 800 Coptic pilgrims headed to Jerusalem on Monday to celebrate Easter, officials from the Cairo International Airport told Egypt Today on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media. Senior state officials are expected to attend the ceremony.Spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church Reverend Paul Hallym told MENA that due to current renovations at the Cathedral of St. Mark in Abbassia, only the holders of personal invitations to the mass will be allowed to enter, adding that no exceptions will be made.

Source: Egypt Today April 07, 2018 13:30 UTC