President Sisi wishes Egypt’s Copts Merry Christmas – Egypt Today

President Sisi wishes Egypt’s Copts Merry Christmas – Egypt Today

FILE- Sisi congratulates Copts at Christmas mass in Cairo's Abbasiya cathedral IN 2016



CAIRO – 6 January 2024: President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has sent a cable to greet His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St Mark, on the occasion of celebrating Christmas.


The text reads:" Your Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St Mark,
On the occasion of celebrating Coptic Christmas, it is my pleasure to convey to Your Holiness and to all our Coptic brothers my heartfelt greetings and sincere wishes for a Merry Christmas, asking Allah to return it with all goodness and happiness.

I seize this pleasant occasion to praise the strength of cohesion and interconnectedness between the people of Egypt , both Muslims and Copts, in our journey towards the desired future of this dear country. Egypt is the cradle of divine messages, which has been and will remain to be a source of pride for this great country throughout history.

Our message to the current and future generations is that our national unity is our main pillar for development and progress, and the cohesion of the national fabric of this great people is its protective