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What Is Diaspora? (Diaspora Series, Part 1)
Yesterday we launched the first large-scale survey of the economic engagement (investment, philanthropic, volunteer, and remittance activity) of Copts living abroad. In the next week or so, look for a series of posts here based on a white paper I authored with Nermien...
UK Copts Use Talents to Express Solidarity with Egypt’s Most Vulnerable
On October 1, nearly a hundred and thirty Copts gathered with His Grace Bishop Angaelos at the Coptic Centre in Stevenage for a different kind of talent show: a talent show not focused on self-expression, but a collective expression of support by the Coptic community...
St. Mary over Maspero
Recent Photo that appeared with reports of St. Mary over Cairo and other areas in the wake of the events at Maspero.
Shelter from the Storm
A few weeks ago Hurricane Irene left some of our basements with a gift of 2 inches of water; my basement survived this time, though we received our fair share of mopping from Hurricane Isabelle a few years prior. I still remember me and my family rolling up our pants...
Why Focus on the Fatherless?
There is a rapidly spreading concern about an orphan crisis in our day. The most common estimate is that there are 143 million orphans in the world today. Many don't realize that most of those are paternal orphans, or fatherless children. If the orphan cause worldwide...
St. Simon the Tanner and Tomorrow’s Prayer and Fasting for Egypt
Yesterday Egypt saw the worst outbreak of violence since the January 25 Revolution after a peaceful demonstration sparked at least in part by the destruction of a church in Edfu, Aswan. Earlier today the synod of bishops of the Coptic Orthodox Church called for...
Learning Against All Odds
Aziz* is often the only person in his classroom. “The teachers normally don’t show up, and the other students never come regularly. I come because I want to learn and better myself.” In other parts of Egypt students deal with overcrowded classrooms. Coptic Orphans has...
Washington Post on Copts in Egypt and America
The Washington Post published an article on the Coptic Christian community in America and their involvement in Egypt since the January 25 Revolution this week. The article by Pamela Constable--who got to know the Coptic community after returning to the US after years...
We’re All Orphans
In this world you are an orphan - eagerly anticipating your adoption as God's child. In this world you are a widow - longing for reunion with your Bridegroom. In this world you are a stranger - a pilgrim waiting to become a citizen of heaven. And in this world, God...
How Could $2 A Day Change Things?
In my Field Update this month, I mentioned that the other day someone asked me: “If Coptic Orphans is reaching children who live on less than $2 a day, and that means extreme poverty, how does $50 a month—which is still less than $2 a day—make such a difference?” A...
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