Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Bishop Mouneer Anis on the Crisis Facing Egyptian Christians

Bishop Mouneer Anis on the Crisis Facing Egyptian Christians

By Jeff Walton
http://juicyecumenism.com/2013/06/24/bishop-mouneer-anis-on-the-crisis-facing-egyptian-christians/
June 24, 2013

Anglican Bishop of Egypt Mouneer Anis (R) greets Coptic Pope Tawadros II (Photo credit: Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria).

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby is this week embarking on his first visit abroad since his enthronement earlier this year. Lambeth Palace says the Anglican official chose the Holy Land because of the region's importance to global stability.

Welby is "deeply concerned for justice and for the security of all the peoples of the region, and the pressures on its Christian communities," according to a statement from Lambeth Palace. "In particular he wants to support and honour the work of the President-Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, the Most Revd Mouneer Anis in Cairo; and the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, the Right Revd Suheil Dawani, with whom he will be staying in Jerusalem and who will accompany him on all his visits."

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