by kbarsoum | Apr 8, 2013 | Coptic Church
His Holiness Pope Tawadros leads Coptic Orphans staff and volunteers in prayer at St. Mark’s Cathedral after blessing our work exactly a week before yesterday’s turmoil there. It brings new meaning to the words that His Grace Bishop Angaelos wrote...
by kbarsoum | Jan 11, 2013 | Approaches to Charity and Development, Coptic Church
Fr. Rizkalla, a Coptic Orthodox priest, brings the presence of Christ into a Coptic Orphans home visit. Even without accompanying priests, our volunteer Reps bring that same presence by their loving actions. In an informal survey also mentioned in this post, 80% of...
by kbarsoum | Nov 8, 2012 | Coptic Church
Coptic Orphans welcomes our new shepherd, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II. After hearing about the results of the papal election, Pope Tawadros told reporters that His Holiness “will start by organizing the house from within,” according to the Associated...
by kbarsoum | Jul 17, 2012 | Coptic Church
Ayman Zohair was always a faithful son of the Church. He poured himself out for 15 years with Coptic Orphans and a number of the other services his diocese offered. For Coptic Orphans alone, he spent 10-20 hours every week visiting fatherless families in neighborhoods...
by kbarsoum | Jul 2, 2012 | Coptic Church, Egypt Revolution, Wise (and Godly) Giving
Last Friday, Brian Stiller of the World Evangelical Alliance rightly wrote that “Egypt is a bellwether for the Middle East. If Christians (12% of the population) walk away, the power and presence of Christian ideals will lose by default.” Despite the pervasive social,...
by kbarsoum | May 15, 2012 | Approaches to Charity and Development, Coptic Church, Egypt Church-Based Volunteers
H.G. Bishop Loukas of the Diocese of Abanoub & El Fateh has had a tremendous ministry to orphans. In the excerpt below from the Diocese Anniversary Book, he talks about his involvement with Coptic Orphans. Actually I found this service [Coptic Orphans] better than...
