{"id":40474,"date":"2016-11-08T14:13:45","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T12:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=40474"},"modified":"2016-11-08T14:13:45","modified_gmt":"2016-11-08T12:13:45","slug":"%d9%82%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%a8%d9%84-%d9%88%d9%81%d8%af-%d9%85%d8%ac%d9%84%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b4%d9%8a%d9%88%d8%ae-%d8%a7%d9%84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%82%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b3%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d9%8a%d8%b3%d8%aa%d9%82%d8%a8%d9%84-%d9%88%d9%81%d8%af-%d9%85%d8%ac%d9%84%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b4%d9%8a%d9%88%d8%ae-%d8%a7%d9%84\/","title":{"rendered":"HH Pope Tawadros II receives delegation of French Senate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">His Holiness Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, and Patriarch of the see of Saint Mark, received on Monday at the papal in St. Mark Cathedral, Abbassiya, G\u00e9rard Larcher, president of the Senate of France and his accompanying delegation.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">The delegation consists of five members of the Senate, including the head of the Egyptian-French Friendship Group Catherine Morin-Desailly and her deputy, Bernard Soji.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">The Pope welcomed the delegation and\u00a0praised the good relationship between Egypt and France, and spoke about the Coptic Church,\u00a0and said that Christians and \u00a0Muslims live in peace.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">He added that the church extended to 60 countries around the world, and in Egypt monasticism originated through Saint Anthony and his monastery that exists till now, pointing out that the church and state institutions and the president are in a good relations of mutual understanding; stressing that Egypt is a land blessed by the\u00a0visit of the Holy Family.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">Senate President G\u00e9rard Larcher thanked Pope Twadros and said: that meeting him was important to them because him important religion role, and hopes that every one of us practice\u00a0his liturgy\u00a0freely.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">He added,\u00a0We&#8217;re very interested to strengthen relations between the Egyptian Parliament and the French Senate and we are proud of the good relations between the\u00a0two countries since the election of President al-Sisi, and said that when I met with the presdent, I told him I am worried about the minorities in Egypt and his response was that we are all Egyptians.<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'andale mono', times;\">The French delegation headed by President of the Council had arrived in Cairo on Sunday for a visit of three days.<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Holiness Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria, and Patriarch of the see of Saint Mark, received on Monday at the papal in St. Mark Cathedral, Abbassiya, G\u00e9rard Larcher, president of the Senate of France and his accompanying delegation. 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