When the Homily is about Immunology

His Holiness Pope Shenouda III...

...has undergone back surgery and is recovering...in Cleveland Ohio.

God grant a speedy recovery. May we ever be friends to our coptic brethren, their plight in Egpyt is shamefully under reported. but not only in Egpyt...

While the story does not say for certain that the young girl in question was a Copt, here we see slavery in SANTA ANA California. A little taste of what the copts have been telling us happens all too often to their daughters in Egpyt. Thank God this little girl was in America...and also thank God for this: The girl will be allowed to remain in the United States. She plans to go to school and eventually even go to college.

A simple google search of "Coptic girls kidnapped" will illumine one to many many horrific tales. Sadly it seems that the only people giving a crap are evangelical organizations that exist to specifically report on the persecution of Christians around the world. One would think that we Orthodox - who as a group are likely more familiar with persecution than any other Christian group on earth would have a stronger and more united voice against the suffering of our brethren.