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2012 Coptic Olympics

  His Grace Bishop Missael awards the Coptic Olympics Champtions trophy jointly to Manchester and Birmingham; Birmingham tied with Manchester after being awarded the bonus 3 points for the Christian Behabiour Trophy. Well done everyone! Results: http://www.copticolympics.org/2012-results/

Sports day at the Coptic Centre

With many sports events going on this summer, its only fitting for us to have our own Sports day on Saturday 4th August! We’ll be meeting at the Coptic Centre from 11 AM onwards FootballBasketballTable TennisTennisand more! Football pitch will be out of bounds due to some work being carried out on it 

Funeral of Our Beloved Magda Youssef

“For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” (Philippians 1:21)The late Magda Youssef has departed to Heaven. The funeral will take place at St. Mary & St. Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Centre, Birmingham on Tuesday 8th May 2012 There will be a Liturgy from 8.00 AM – 10.00 AM The Funeral service …

OrthSoc (Uni Society Committee) Elections

Congratulations to the following for being elected as the new OrthSoc commitee: Jessica Rizkalla  Jackie Morgan Christine Ghali Mary Henry

Bride or Soldier?

A few members of our youth launched two Facebook groups aimed at encouraging growth in fellowship with each other and most importantly with Our Lord Jesus Christ. Both groups have expanded rapidly and now have members from all over the world. Anyone is welcome to join if they feel they will benefit. For Ladies:https://www.facebook.com/groups/brides.of.the.christ/ For …

Funeral of our Beloved Brother Mikey Abdou

The funeral of the Late Mikey Abdou will take place on Friday 27th January 2012 at 12:00 PM (noon)The service will be at St. Alphage Church, Church Hill Road, Solihull, B91 3RQUPDATE: Commemoration masses will be held at both St. Mary & St. Mark’s Coptic Centre and St. Mary & Archangel Michael’s Church in Solihull on Sunday …

Two Upcoming Diocese Conferences

There are two Diocese conferences happening right here in Lichfield! First is 2-4th December 2011 with H.G. Anba Boulis Second is 10-12th February 2012 with Dr. Nabil Baky  Two amazing speakers travelling thousands of miles to speak to us!   Please book your places early on http://go2galilee.org . More info. on the diocese website.