EGYPT: Coptic Church plans low-key Easter celebrations
Egypt’s Coptic Church has announced it will cut back Easter celebrations over security concerns and in solidarity with the victims of the weekend bombings in which 45 worshippers died. A church official told AFP that the customary decorations of the churches and meetings to exchange festival greetings have been cancelled. The traditional handing out of […]
Egypt’s Coptic Church has announced it will cut back Easter celebrations over security concerns and in solidarity with the victims of the weekend bombings in which 45 worshippers died.
A church official told AFP that the customary decorations of the churches and meetings to exchange festival greetings have been cancelled.
The traditional handing out of sweets to children by Coptic Pope Tawadros II before the start of Easter mass on Sunday will also be cancelled.
The violence comes ahead of Catholic Pope Francis’s first visit to Egypt, which a Vatican official said will go ahead as planned on April 28 and 29 despite the attacks.