PRESS RELEASE
For immediate use
Date: 4th May 2012
For immediate use
Date: 4th May 2012
The Coptic Orthodox Church Centre UK
Media and Public Relations Office
Media and Public Relations Office
Explanation of the Papal Selection Process for the Coptic Orthodox
Church by HG Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church
in the United Kingdom
The Coptic Orthodox Church has begun the process of selecting a new pope
after the forty-day memorial period ended for of His Holiness Pope Shenouda
III, the 117th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa
on the holy Apostolic See of Saint Mark. H.H. Pope Shenouda III departed on 17th March
2012 after forty-one years of papacy.
His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom has issued a detailed explanation of the papal selection process, along with a timeline which identifies key stages of the process, saying the following:
His Grace Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom has issued a detailed explanation of the papal selection process, along with a timeline which identifies key stages of the process, saying the following:
“This is an
experience with which many will not have been involved in their lifetime, so it was important to provide
a simplified explanation, allowing
engagement at every level. Within these steps we find a robust process
that includes: nominations from peers within the Holy Synod, nominations from
laity through the General Lay Council, systematic scrutiny with a process of
challenges and appeals, representative democratic election, and above all, the
Altar Ballot that encompasses this whole process with a spirit of prayer and
trustful submission to the will of God.”
For the explanation and timeline please visit the Coptic Orthodox Church
Centre Blog, www.CopticCentre.Blogspot.com, or click here.
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The Coptic Orthodox Church UK
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