Coptic Bishop Ordinations – November 11, 2017


The Vespers and Divine Liturgy in which there will be Bishop Enthronements and Ordinations officiated by H.H. Pope Tawadros II will take place in St. St. Bishoy Monastery in Wadi El Natroun, Egypt on November 11, 2017. The liturgy will begin at approximately 7:00AM Cairo Time.

H.H. Pope Tawadros II will enthrone the following fathers:

  1. HG Bishop Angealos (General Bishop of Stevenage), as Bishop of London, UK.
  2. HG Bishop Karas (General Bishop in Archdiocese of NA), as Bishop of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia, USA.
  3. HG Bishop Mark, as Bishop of Paris and North France.

H.H. Pope Tawadros II will ordain the following fathers as Bishops:

  1. Hegumen Fr. Pigoul El-Muharraqi, as Bishop and Abbot of St. Mary’s Monastery (El-Muharraq).
  2. Hegumen Fr. Antonio Avva Shenouti, as Bishop of Milan, Italy.
  3. Hegumen Fr. Seraphim El-Soriany, as Bishop of Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana, USA.
  4. Hegumen Fr. Jeovonni Avva Shenouti, as Bishop of Hungary and its affiliated regions of Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Poland (Central Europe).
MeSAT Coverage of Vespers of the Coptic Bishop Ordinations – November 11, 2017

CTV Coverage of Liturgy of the Coptic Bishop Ordinations – November 12, 2017

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Coptic Bishop Ordinations – June 12, 2016

The Divine Liturgy in which there will be Bishop Ordinations officiated by H.H. Pope Tawadros II will take place in St. Mary’s Church in Zeitun, Egypt on June 12, 2016. The liturgy will begin at approximately 7:00AM Cairo Time.

H.H. Pope Tawadros II will ordain the following fathers as Bishops:

  1. Fr. Moussa St. Moses as H.G. Bishop Peter, to serve a new diocese in the USA covering North Carolina, South Carolina, and Kentucky.
  2. Fr. Ishak Boulos as H.G. Bishop Abraham, General Bishop to serve in the Diocese of L.A. & Hawaii with H.E. Metropolitan Serapion.
  3. Fr. John Paul Abdelsayed as H.G. Bishop Kyrillos, General Bishop to serve in the Diocese of L.A. & Hawaii with H.E. Metropolitan Serapion.
MeSAT Coverage of Vespers of the Coptic Bishop Ordinations – June 11, 2016

MeSAT Coverage of Liturgy of the Coptic Bishop Ordinations – June 12, 2016

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Bishop Ordinations Pentecost 2008

Coptic Icon of PentecostCoptic Church Bulletin….

As it is known that the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles on the day of Pentecost, so also the Holy Spirit will descend upon two new successors of the apostles this year, two new bishops. H.H. Pope Shenouda III along with the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod will be ordaining two bishops for the lands of immigration this Pentecost,Father Anastasi Saint Anthony June 15, 2008. H.H. will ordain:

Fr. Anastasi Saint Anthony as Bishop and Abbot of the Saint Anthony’s Monastery in the California Scete (Desert).

Fr. Shenouda El-Baramousy as a General Bishop in the Virginia area.