February 6, 2012

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…

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 …

Peaceful Demonstration and Protest in Los Angeles Scheduled for Sunday, October 16

In response to the recent tragic events at Maspiro on Octo­ber 9, 2011, in which sev­eral Copts were killed and scores more injured, var­i­ous Cop­tic orga­ni­za­tions are plan­ning to stage a peace­ful demon­stra­tion and protest in front of the Fed­eral Building …

Press Release of California Copts Association on the October 9, 2011 Massacre of Copts

Over 100,000 Cop­tic Egypt­ian Chris­tians gath­ered in peace­ful protest and to stage a sit-in out­side the Egypt­ian state tele­vi­sion build­ing along the Nile, on Sun­day, Octo­ber 9, 2011.
The sit-in was a cul­mi­na­tion of protests that took place over the…

His Grace Bishop Serapion Declares One Week Fast for Egypt from 10/17–10/21 [Updated]

In response to the recent tragic events in Egypt, which are only the lat­est in a series of events tar­get­ing Cop­tic Chris­tians with vio­lence and injus­tice on account of their faith, His Grace Bishop Ser­a­pion has called for all of his chil­dren in this Ch…