February 6, 2012

George Washington University Survey of Copts in the Diaspora

The Dio­cese encour­ages all her chil­dren to par­tic­i­pate in a study of Copts liv­ing out­side of Egypt through the fol­low­ing sur­vey. Please review care­fully the mes­sage below from GWU Pro­fes­sor Jen­nifer Brinker­hoof.
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Given cur­rent events in Egyp…

Register to Vote in Egyptian Elections

The Dio­cese is encour­ag­ing all Copts with an Egypt­ian National ID or new Egypt­ian pass­port to reg­is­ter to vote in the upcom­ing 2011 Egypt­ian Elec­tion. 
The Egypt­ian elec­tion com­mit­tee decided that Egyp­tians liv­ing abroad can share in the upco…

7th Annual Marital Enrichment Seminar

Through the bless­ing of our beloved father, His Grace Bishop Ser­a­pion, the Dio­cese proudly announces the 7th Annual Mar­i­tal Enrich­ment Sem­i­nar.
Please see the attached flyer for details.

Bishop Serapion Participates in the Ordination of a New Priest for Houston

On Sun­day, Octo­ber 30, 2011, the blessed ser­vant Marc Gendi was ordained as Fr. James, a pres­byter for St. Mary and Archangel Michael Cop­tic Ortho­dox Church in Hous­ton, Texas by His Grace Bishop Youssef and His Grace Bishop Serapion. Also attendin…

Reminder: Church Spiritual Night on October 31

As a reminder, our parish will host a beau­ti­ful and enjoy­able Spir­i­tual Night this Mon­day, Octo­ber 31 as an alter­na­tive to the cel­e­bra­tion of dark­ness, hor­ror, and evil that is called Hal­loween. As Fr. Moses has said through­out the last few weeks, it is not appro­pri­ate for our chil­dren to cel­e­brate this hol­i­day in any way, shape or […]

The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles announces the 11th Annual Toy Drive

The Cop­tic Ortho­dox Dio­cese of Los Ange­les announces the 11th Annual Toy Drive ben­e­fit­ting the Toys for Tots foun­da­tion. This year the Dio­cese Toy Drive will run from Octo­ber 30th through Decem­ber 18th. The Dio­cese Toy Drive is a great way to bring …

His Holiness Pope Shenouda III Addresses Copts around the World on the Massacre of Copts in Maspero

Before the Pope began his weekly ser­mon, he gave his con­do­lences to the con­gre­ga­tion for the Maspiro Mar­tyrs. “Those that protested peace­fully with­out bear­ing arms”, he con­tin­ued refer­ring to those who were killed, “walked from Shubra…

Diocese Press Release: Copts Mourn Innocent Christians Killed By Egyptian Army

LOS ANGELES – Deeply
grieved by the slaugh­ter of inno­cent Cop­tic Chris­t­ian pro­test­ers by Egypt­ian
army tanks that plowed through crowds near Shubra (Maspero)
last week­end, the Copts of Los Ange­les invite Chris­tians world­wide to advo­cate
for a peacefu…

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Expresses Sincere Support for the Coptic Christians of Egypt

NEW YORK – At the Fall 2011 meet­ing of the Holy Eparchial Synod of the Greek Ortho­dox Arch­dio­cese of Amer­ica, the Most Rev­erend Mem­bers of the Holy Synod unan­i­mously adopted the fol­low­ing state­ment:
“On behalf o…

Statement of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia on the Egyptian Military’s Massacre of Copts

The Russ­ian Ortho­dox Church has fol­lowed the devel­op­ments in Egypt with con­cern and bit­ter­ness. Blood has been spilt and Chris­t­ian churches have been destroyed again. There is another man­i­fes­ta­tion of grow­ing intol­er­ance towards Chris­tians and their …