{"id":57645,"date":"2018-05-16T12:36:38","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T10:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=57645"},"modified":"2018-07-16T15:34:03","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T13:34:03","slug":"%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%86%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d8%a5%d8%b1%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b3%d9%82%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d9%86%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d8%a5%d8%b1%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a3%d8%b3%d9%82%d9%81-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%ae%d9%84%d8%a7%d9%84-%d8%a7\/","title":{"rendered":"HG Anba Ermia: We thank President Sisi and State authorities Libyan authorities for the return of martyrs bodies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HG Anba Ermia,\u00a0General Bishop and\u00a0Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center thanked President Sisi, Egyptian armed forces and all the leaders of the Egyptian State for their efforts in returning\u00a0martyrs bodies “martyrs of\u00a0country and faith” to Egypt. He also thanked the Libyan authorities for their great cooperation and efforts in bringing our children back home. Pointing out hat there is great joy for the return of the\u00a0bodies of martyrs\u00a0to the village of alOur in Samalut, Minya in the cathedral which was built to commemorate them.<\/span><\/h2>\n

HG Anba Ermia conveyed\u00a0HH the Pope congratulations for the return of the bodies during his sermon during the Holy Mass that was held on Tuesday at the martyrs Cathedral in alOur village, the Mass was held with the participation of HG Anba Botros, General Bishop a number of Bishops and Priests and attended by large number of congregation and the families of the martyrs.\u00a0Pointing out that the martyrs of Libya\u00a0showed the\u00a0steadfast\u00a0in faith and they did not fear death or intimidation because death is not the end or grief, but the beginning of eternal life and glory that does not end.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The\u00a0Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center said that every man has a message in this life that he must be aware of, and that the martyrs who we received their\u00a0bodies at dawn had a\u00a0private life and relation with God and It is no coincidence that the 21\u00a0martyred\u00a0together.\u00a0And because of those martyrs showed\u00a0the world the strength and steadfast of their faith, which shows their great love for God and that they were living a pure life full of virtues.<\/span><\/h2>\n

He added that the Holy Synod under the chairmanship of HH Pope Tawadros II, when he met with the 109 bishops of the Holy Synod, they\u00a0chose\u00a0February 15, 2015, that coincide with the entry of Christ into the temple to be a memorial and a feast for the martyrs of the modern era.<\/span><\/h2>\n

At the end of his speech, HG Anba Ermia thanked the Egyptian police who\u00a0\u00a0exerted great effort to secure the return of the martyrs bodies to\u00a0alOur village\u00a0in Samalout. He also thanked the ambulance service for its efforts in transporting the\u00a0bodies from Cairo airport to alOur\u00a0village.<\/span><\/p>\n

The martyrs bodies arrived yesterday evening at the Cairo International Airport and the Pope prayed in front of airstrip.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 21 martyrs were\u00a0beheaded by\u00a0Daesh terrorist organizationin February 2015, and the organization\u00a0published the beheading video online. The video showed the martyrs\u00a0steadfast in Christian\u00a0faith.<\/span><\/h2>\n

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HG Anba Ermia,\u00a0General Bishop and\u00a0Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center thanked President Sisi, Egyptian armed forces and all the leaders of the Egyptian State for their efforts in returning\u00a0martyrs bodies “martyrs of\u00a0country and faith” to Egypt. He also thanked the Libyan authorities for their great cooperation and efforts in bringing our children back home. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":34023,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,52,74,55],"tags":[7944,11389,9479,4693,11388,8356,11032,2808,240,163,11387,1439,1901,11385,11386,11384,1302],"class_list":["post-57645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-chairman-news","category-74","category-memorial-prayer","tag-hg-anba-ermia","tag-libyan-authorities","tag-martyrs-bodies","tag-president-sisi","tag-state-authorities","tag-thank","tag-11032","tag-2808","tag---2","tag-163","tag-11387","tag-1439","tag-1901","tag-11385","tag-11386","tag-11384","tag-1302"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57645"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57645"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59732,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57645\/revisions\/59732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}