{"id":91341,"date":"2026-03-19T13:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T11:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/?p=91341"},"modified":"2026-03-21T13:33:01","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T11:33:01","slug":"%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%a9-%d8%a3%d9%86%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d8%a5%d8%b1%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a7-%d9%8a%d8%b2%d9%88%d8%b1-%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%81%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d9%86%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%81%d8%a9-%d8%a3%d9%86%d8%a8%d8%a7-%d8%a5%d8%b1%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a7-%d9%8a%d8%b2%d9%88%d8%b1-%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%a5%d9%81%d8%aa%d8%a7%d8%a1-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%b5\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Ermia visits the Egyptian Dar Al-Ifta and extends his congratulations on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In celebration of the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, His Eminence Bishop Ermia, General Bishop and Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center, visited the Egyptian Dar Al-Ifta on Thursday evening, March 19, 2026, to offer congratulations on the sighting of the Shawwal crescent and the announcement of the beginning of Eid al-Fitr.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He was warmly received by His Eminence Dr. Nazir Mohamed Ayad, Grand Mufti of Egypt, Dr. Osama Al-Azhari, Minister of Endowments, and Dr. Salama Gomaa Dawood, President of Al-Azhar University, in a friendly meeting.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">During the visit, it was announced that the Shawwal crescent for this year had been sighted, making Friday, March 20, 2026, the first day of Eid al-Fitr in Egypt. Participants in the meeting emphasized the significance of this joyous occasion in strengthening the national bonds among the people of Egypt.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For his part, Bishop Ermia expressed his heartfelt congratulations to all the people of Egypt on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, stressing the importance of fostering values of unity and love among all segments of society during this blessed occasion.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<h4 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h4>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, His Eminence Bishop Ermia, General Bishop and Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center, visited the Egyptian Dar Al-Ifta on Thursday evening, March 19, 2026, to offer congratulations on the sighting of the Shawwal crescent and the announcement of the beginning of Eid al-Fitr. He was warmly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":91344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,52,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-chairman-news","category-74"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91341"}],"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\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91345,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91341\/revisions\/91345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}