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Egypt's Coptic Christians cancel Easter celebrations

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nota bene said:
Instead of celebrating Easter, Coptic Christians will be mourning those killed in last Sunday's vicious attacks. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katie...er-events-after-palm-sunday-bombings-n2313260

For their own safety, I know this is prudent. And yet I wish that the Easter celebrations would go on in defiance of those who wish to exterminate them. "The body they may kill/God's truth abideth still."
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It would have been nice if Christians from other countries would have joined them, but still, I see their point.

Remember that the Church has historically thrived under this kind of persecution.
 
it's just me said:
It would have been nice if Christians from other countries would have joined them, but still, I see their point.

Remember that the Church has historically thrived under this kind of persecution.
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Yes, it always does.
 
nota bene said:
Yes, it always does.
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Christ's victory was in persecution. so would it not fit that the church would thrive as it is persecuted?

“Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
 
nota bene said:
Instead of celebrating Easter, Coptic Christians will be mourning those killed in last Sunday's vicious attacks. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katie...er-events-after-palm-sunday-bombings-n2313260
For their own safety, I know this is prudent. And yet I wish that the Easter celebrations would go on in defiance of those who wish to exterminate them. "The body they may kill/God's truth abideth still."
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it's just me said:
It would have been nice if Christians from other countries would have joined them, but still, I see their point.
Remember that the Church has historically thrived under this kind of persecution.
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For those interested in the ongoing problem:

Copts.com
U.S. Copts Association*|*All Christians of Egypt
and
Persecu†ion.org / ICC-Int'l Christian Concern
Latest: 4/14/2017
Three Homes Burned and Eight Injured As Christian Villagers in Upper Egypt are Attacked « Persecution News


Since 'Arab Spring', and the even further Rise of Islamism, it's been 'Nuclear Winter' for Christians in the M-E.
Only good thing is that now the Egyptian leader/population has some sympathy for the Copts as they now have a common enemy: ISIS.
But many Copts have left in the last few years: it's too dangerous.
Coptic Christians were the original inhabitants before the Muslim Invasion wreaked havoc... that all of North Africa is still suffering from.
 
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mbig said:
For those interested in the ongoing problem:

Copts.com
U.S. Copts Association*|*All Christians of Egypt
and
Persecu†ion.org / ICC-Int'l Christian Concern
Latest: 4/14/2017
Three Homes Burned and Eight Injured As Christian Villagers in Upper Egypt are Attacked « Persecution News


Since 'Arab Spring', and the even further Rise of Islamism, it's been 'Nuclear Winter' for Christians in the M-E.
Only good thing is that now the Egyptian leader/population has some sympathy for the Copts as they now have a common enemy: ISIS.
But many Copts have left in the last few years: it's too dangerous.
Coptic Christians were the original inhabitants before the Muslim Invasion wreaked havoc... that all of North Africa is still suffering from.
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Someone I love very much is a Maronite (Catholic) in Lebanon. He always assures me that the real problem is "outsiders" (for example, Syrians) interfering, but I worry for him and pray for him daily because he convinced me many years ago that he will never leave.
 
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