Our beloved father, His Grace Bishop Serapion, received a comforting letter from Bishop Mark Hanson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America for the departure of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III. You may read the letter from this link. Condolences of Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.pdf72.3 KB

Our beloved father, His Grace Bishop Serapion, received a comforting letter of condolences from His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian of the Western Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church on March 19. You may read the PDF from this link. Condolences from His Eminence Archbishop Moushegh Mardirossian.pdf57.2 KB

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to mark the passing and celebrate the life of Coptic Christian Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria.  For more than forty years, Pope Shenouda was the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church – a denomination with more than ten million followers in Egypt and throughout the world.  As its religious leader, he ensured that the Egyptian Coptic community was, and is, an integral pillar of Egyptian society. We will miss him, – …

His Eminence +JONAH, Primate of the Orthodox Church of America, sent a comforting letter to His Eminence Metropolitan Pachomius, the locum tenens of the See of St. Mark. You may download the PDF from this link. shenouda.pdf43.4 KB

During the funeral of our beloved father, His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, one of the bishops read the following last words of a departed patriarch to all his children. These are words of comfort and encouragement to all of us. I am your father and teacher. All of you my children, listen to my commandments. I ask you my beloved children; preserve and look after the faith of the Holy Trinity. I ask you my beloved – …