#BreakingNews 41 Killed Including a Priest from a Fire in a Coptic Christian Church in Egypt with 5,000 Worshippers in Attendance on Sunday - RIP

In Egypt, at least 41 people were killed in a fire at Coptic church in Cairo.   After the fire broke out, there was stampede among 5,000 worshipers at a church in Cairo on Sunday, August 14th, 2022. This was reported by the "Kurier". After the fire broke out, there was stampede among the 5,000 worshipers. In addition to the many dead, at least 55 people are said to have been injured. The fire broke out from an unknown cause. (See Video below)

A priest, named Abdel Maseeh Bakhit (pictured from FB), died in the Abu Seifein Church fire on Sunday, according to a church statement.

The Orthodox, Holiness Pope Tawadros II received a phone call, from His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, of Egypt. During the call, His Excellency offered condolences to His Holiness on the death of a number of church members in the fire incident that occurred in the Church of Martyr Abi Sefein in Imbaba, and confirmed that he is personally following the developments of the accident. the condition of the injured. 


https://www.aljazeera.com/ and BBC

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