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Egyptian military helping to rebuild Coptic church

March 15, 2011

The Egyptian government is paying for the reconstruction of a Coptic Orthodox church that was destroyed by arson earlier this month.

The church in Soul, a town south of Cairo, was torched by a Muslim mob on March 5. Military leaders have begun work to rebuild the church.

 

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Fri17 October
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Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr

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The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Ignatius of Antioch (50-107), who was one of the great bishops of the early Church. He was the successor of St. Peter as Bishop of Antioch. He was condemned to death by wild beasts during the Emperor Trajan's persecution. On his way to Rome, he wrote seven…

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