Since the beginning of the issue, support and assistance have not stopped, and the memory contains bright stations for Pope Cyril VI, and its clearest example was with Pope Shenouda, and to this day Pope Tawadros stands behind the political leadership in its solid vision of the centrality of Palestine, declaring his full support for President Sisi’s position, saying: “We support with all our hearts.” What the president announced was that the removal of the Palestinian presence from Gaza to Sinai is a hollowing out of the issue, and is something that is completely rejected.”
Next Sunday, March 17, the Coptic Orthodox Church commemorates the anniversary of the departure Pope Shenouda IIIBorn with the name “Nazir Gayed” in the village of Salam, Assiut Governorate, on August 3, 1923, he entered the Syrian Monastery intending to become a monk in 1953 until he became a bishop for education. He joined Fouad I University, in the Department of History, and obtained a BA with excellent grades in 1947. .
Pope Shenouda and the 1948 war
The film “The Shepherd,” produced by the Monastery of Anba Bishoy in Wadi El-Natroun, about the life of Pope Shenouda III until his ordination as Bishop of Education, mentioned that he participated with the Egyptian army in the 1948 war in defense of Palestine, and he was one of the officers angry at corruption and defeat.