{"id":52252,"date":"2017-11-19T15:18:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T13:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=52252"},"modified":"2017-11-20T12:30:56","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T10:30:56","slug":"%d8%b5%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d8%b4%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%ac%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%86%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%ac%d9%88%d9%84-%d8%a3%d8%b3%d9%82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d8%b5%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d8%b4%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%ac%d9%84%d9%8a%d8%b3-%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%86%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%ac%d9%88%d9%84-%d8%a3%d8%b3%d9%82\/","title":{"rendered":"Vesper prayer – HG Bishop Bigol, Bishop and Abbot of St. Virgin Mary elMuharraq Monastery Enthronement Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On the evening of Saturday, November 18, 2017,\u00a0elMuharraq monastery in Al-Qusiya, Assiut, witnessed the Enthronement ceremony of His Eminence Bishop Bigol, new Bishop and\u00a0Abbot of elMuharraq, replacing His Eminence late Bishop Sawiris, who departed on 17 July.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The vesper prayer of Bishop Bigol Enthronement ceremony was attended by \u00a022 bishops and Metropolitans,\u00a0including\u00a0Their Eminences Bishop Ermia,\u00a0General Bishop\u00a0and head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center,\u00a0Bishop Youannes, Bishop of Assiut, Bishop\u00a0Kyrillos William, Bishop of Assiut\u00a0for Coptic Catholics and thousands of priests, monks and church congregation. While the Enthronement prayer was attended by Brigadier General Yasser Al Desouki, Governor of Assiut, Major General Gamal Shokr, Director of Security, Maj. Gen. Khalid Riad, Inspector of National Security Investigations, and a number of public figures, political, executive and security leaderships in the Governorate.<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

It is worth mentioning that His Grace Bishop Bigol, was ordained as Bishop of Rezekt Al-Deir, Ezbat Toma and Abbot of St Mary elMuharraq Monastery, by\u00a0His Holiness Pope Tawadros II and 102 of the church’s\u00a0Pontiffs\u00a0 at St. Bishoy monastery in Wadi El Natroun,\u00a0with three other Bishops on November 12, 2017.
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This monastery was established in the fourth century AD on the western mountain slope\u00a0and is one of\u00a0the 26 places\u00a0visited by the\u00a0Holy Family in Egypt, the monastery had a great position in the Coptic church. It had an abandoned mud brick house and\u00a0with a roof made of palm fronds\u00a0where the Holy Family rested for about 185 days after hardship of travel.\u00a0An\u00a0ancient church was\u00a0built\u00a0in the place of the house, and is consider the oldest church inaugurated in the Christian world.\u200b\u200b<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n