HG Bishop Ermia began the ceremony with a speech,\u00a0in which His Grace welcomed His Holiness\u00a0Pope Tawadros II pointing that His Holiness is always keen to attend the ceremony and present the award, His Holiness the Pope has attended\u00a0 precedent years ceremonies, where the winners were Eng. Hani Azar,\u00a0Counselor\u00a0of the President of\u00a0Egypt and the\u00a0Known Tunnel Engineer in Germany, Eng. Ibrahim Samak, solar energy scientist in Germany, and Businessman\u00a0 Eng. Onsi Sawiris.<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nHis Grace\u00a0said that the reason for postponing the ceremony this year\u00a0was the important presidential election, which resulted the crushing victory of President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi with a large percentage of attendance and participation.<\/span><\/h2>\nHe pointed\u00a0that after the consensus of the Advisory Council of the Center and\u00a0ratification of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II,\u00a0the winners of\u00a0Coptic Coptic Orthodox Church – Pope Shenouda III Award of “Wisdom and Compassion” for 2018 are\u00a0 Ambassador Dr. P\u00e9ter Kveck, Ambassador of Hungary in Cairo and Dr. Paulo Sapatini,\u00a0head of the Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo and Cultural Counselor of the Embassy of Italy.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/h2>\nAt the beginning of his speech, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the see of St. Mark, welcomed the attendance and expressed his happiness\u00a0for attending this beautiful\u00a0ceremony at the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center in the presence of a large number of Egyptians and non-Egyptians. He said that Egypt is the mother of civilizations and cultures and our history is rich\u00a0adding that\u00a0Egypt is the only\u00a0country which have both great history\u00a0and geography.<\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/span><\/h2>\nHis Holiness\u00a0 expressed\u00a0his happiness to attend a ceremony commemorating a great man like Pope Shenouda III, a man with\u00a0 rich\u00a0history, great service and good relations with all, and announced the award winners, His Excellency Dr. P\u00e9ter Kveck, Ambassador of Hungary in Cairo and Dr. Paulo Sapatini, head of the Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo and Cultural Counselor of the Embassy of Italy, pointing to their important role in strengthening relations between Egypt and Hungary and also between Egypt and Italy, stressing that strong cultural relations between countries also contribute to the consolidation of relations between peoples and humanity.<\/span><\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nHis Grace\u00a0said that the reason for postponing the ceremony this year\u00a0was the important presidential election, which resulted the crushing victory of President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi with a large percentage of attendance and participation.<\/span><\/h2>\nHe pointed\u00a0that after the consensus of the Advisory Council of the Center and\u00a0ratification of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II,\u00a0the winners of\u00a0Coptic Coptic Orthodox Church – Pope Shenouda III Award of “Wisdom and Compassion” for 2018 are\u00a0 Ambassador Dr. P\u00e9ter Kveck, Ambassador of Hungary in Cairo and Dr. Paulo Sapatini,\u00a0head of the Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo and Cultural Counselor of the Embassy of Italy.<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/h2>\nAt the beginning of his speech, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the see of St. Mark, welcomed the attendance and expressed his happiness\u00a0for attending this beautiful\u00a0ceremony at the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center in the presence of a large number of Egyptians and non-Egyptians. He said that Egypt is the mother of civilizations and cultures and our history is rich\u00a0adding that\u00a0Egypt is the only\u00a0country which have both great history\u00a0and geography.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/span><\/h2>\nHis Holiness\u00a0 expressed\u00a0his happiness to attend a ceremony commemorating a great man like Pope Shenouda III, a man with\u00a0 rich\u00a0history, great service and good relations with all, and announced the award winners, His Excellency Dr. P\u00e9ter Kveck, Ambassador of Hungary in Cairo and Dr. Paulo Sapatini, head of the Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo and Cultural Counselor of the Embassy of Italy, pointing to their important role in strengthening relations between Egypt and Hungary and also between Egypt and Italy, stressing that strong cultural relations between countries also contribute to the consolidation of relations between peoples and humanity.<\/span><\/h2>\n
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At the beginning of his speech, His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the see of St. Mark, welcomed the attendance and expressed his happiness\u00a0for attending this beautiful\u00a0ceremony at the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center in the presence of a large number of Egyptians and non-Egyptians. He said that Egypt is the mother of civilizations and cultures and our history is rich\u00a0adding that\u00a0Egypt is the only\u00a0country which have both great history\u00a0and geography.<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/span><\/h2>\nHis Holiness\u00a0 expressed\u00a0his happiness to attend a ceremony commemorating a great man like Pope Shenouda III, a man with\u00a0 rich\u00a0history, great service and good relations with all, and announced the award winners, His Excellency Dr. P\u00e9ter Kveck, Ambassador of Hungary in Cairo and Dr. Paulo Sapatini, head of the Italian Cultural Institute in Cairo and Cultural Counselor of the Embassy of Italy, pointing to their important role in strengthening relations between Egypt and Hungary and also between Egypt and Italy, stressing that strong cultural relations between countries also contribute to the consolidation of relations between peoples and humanity.<\/span><\/h2>\n
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