{"id":4058,"date":"2016-12-12T00:32:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T00:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/statement-by-bishop-angaelos-after-explosion-kills-at-least-25-at-st-peter-coptic-orthodox-church\/"},"modified":"2016-12-12T00:32:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T00:32:46","slug":"statement-by-bishop-angaelos-after-explosion-kills-at-least-25-at-st-peter-coptic-orthodox-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/statement-by-bishop-angaelos-after-explosion-kills-at-least-25-at-st-peter-coptic-orthodox-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement by Bishop Angaelos after explosion kills at least 25 at St Peter Coptic Orthodox Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #008080\"><i><b>December 12, 2016<\/b><\/i><\/span> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> &nbsp; <\/div>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-4057\" src=\"http:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/9th_annual_convention_163_20111219_1405254693.jpg\" style=\"float: left; margin: 5px\" height=\"228\" width=\"342\" title=\"9th_annual_convention_163_20111219_1405254693.jpg\" alt=\"9th_annual_convention_163_20111219_1405254693.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/9th_annual_convention_163_20111219_1405254693.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/9th_annual_convention_163_20111219_1405254693-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/9th_annual_convention_163_20111219_1405254693-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: georgia, palatino\">It is with great sadness that we receive the news today of at least 25 people brutally murdered by an explosion during regular Sunday worship at St Peter&rsquo;s Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo, adjacent to the Grand Cathedral of Saint Mark.<\/span> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: georgia, palatino\">Our prayers are with those whose lives have been so senselessly ended, those who have been injured, and every family and community affected. We also pray for every Coptic parish and community across Egypt as they fill their churches this morning, as well as for the broader Egyptian society that fall victim to similar inhumane attacks.<\/span> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> &nbsp; <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> <span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino\"><b>Coptic Church Blast Kills Twenty Five People: Several Injured<\/b><\/span> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> <span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino\">Many within our Coptic community in Britain will have family and friends in Egypt, and we also pray for them at this time of uncertainty.<\/span> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> &nbsp; <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> <span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino\">We share in this tragedy but are encouraged by the strength and resilience of our brethren in Egypt that we have grown accustomed to and learn from. We pray God&rsquo;s peace and protection upon the Christians of Egypt, the broader Egyptian society, Christians around the world worshipping this morning and all faith communities that fall prey to similar attacks.<\/span> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> &nbsp; <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> <span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino\"><i>Source: Orthodoxy Cognate Page&nbsp;<\/i><\/span> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> <span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: georgia, palatino; color: #008080\"><i><b>December 12, 2016<\/b><\/i><\/span> <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> &nbsp; <\/div>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-4057\" src=\"http:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/9th_annual_convention_163_20111219_1405254693.jpg\" style=\"float: left; margin: 5px\" height=\"228\" width=\"342\" title=\"9th_annual_convention_163_20111219_1405254693.jpg\" alt=\"9th_annual_convention_163_20111219_1405254693.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/9th_annual_convention_163_20111219_1405254693.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/9th_annual_convention_163_20111219_1405254693-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-content\/uploads\/9th_annual_convention_163_20111219_1405254693-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" \/> <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"> <span style=\"font-size: medium; font-family: georgia, palatino\">It is with great sadness that we receive the news today of at least 25 people brutally murdered by an explosion during regular Sunday worship at St Peter&rsquo;s Coptic Orthodox Church in Cairo, adjacent to the Grand Cathedral of Saint Mark.<\/span> <\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4058\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eotcmk.org\/e\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}