Nuestros corazones están afligidos al unirnos con el resto del mundo en el duelo por los cristianos egipcios decapitados en un video publicado el domingo por el Estado Islámico en Libia. Los veintiún cristianos coptos, que forma parte de la mayor concentración de cristianos en el Medio Oriente, habían sido tomados como rehenes. Nuestras más profundas condolencias están con la Iglesia Ortodoxa Copta de Alejandría. Con igual horror e indignación, también condenamos estos asesinatos sin sentido y hacemos un llamado a la comunidad ecuménica e interreligiosa mundial a levantar la voz por la paz, la justicia y el fin inmediato …
Christian and Muslim Egyptians are deeply grieving the death of 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians beheaded by the Islamic State in Libya on Sunday. Their witness is the ultimate act of faith.
미국 장로교는 이집트의 콥틱 그리스도인들의 죽음을 애도하여 그 일을 자행한 자들을 비난한다
이집트의 그리스도인들이 리비아에서 IS에 의해 참수 당한 비디오가 지난 주일에 공개되었다. 세상과 함께 그들의 죽음을 애도하고 있는 우리의 마음은 참담하기 그지없다. 중동에서 가장 크게 밀집되어 있는 그리스도인들의 일부분인 21명의 콥틱 그리스도인들이 인질로 잡혔다가 그러한 비극을 맞이한 것이다. 우리는 알렉산드리아의 콥트 정교회에 큰 위로가 있기를 바란다. 우리는 또한 떨림과 분노를 가지고 이러한 인사불성의 살인을 비난하며, 온 세상의 에큐메니칼 및 타 종교 공동체에게 평화와 정의를 위해 그리고 이렇게 무자비한 폭력의 즉각적 중단을 위해 큰 소리를 발해줄 것을 요청한다.
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Our hearts are heavy as we join the world in mourning the Egyptian Christians beheaded in a video released Sunday by the Islamic State in Libya. The twenty-one Coptic Christians, part of the largest concentration of Christians in the Middle East, had been taken hostage. Our deepest sympathies are with the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. With equal horror and outrage we also condemn these senseless murders, and call on the global ecumenical and interfaith community to cry out loudly for peace, justice, and an immediate end to these ruthless, violent acts.
The Reverend Gradye Parsons
Stated Clerk of the …
A young Egyptian man was walking by the Bible Society bookshop in downtown Cairo. As was his daily habit, he stopped to read the passage from the open page of the Bible in the display window.
That day the following verses struck him:
So Jesus said to them, "The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you." (John 12:35)
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Bishop Angaelos, the General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Great Britain, is asking worshippers across Europe and around the world on Sunday, Jan. 9 to pray for “all those Coptic Christians who have lost their lives in 2010.”