Pope Tawadros receives Greek general attorney

CAIRO – 26 May 2018: Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark received the Greek attorney general at the Coptic cathedral in the Abbasiya district of Cairo on Friday.

According to a press statement released by the Coptic Church on Saturday, the Greek official was received by the Pope and several church heads.

Egypt’s Attorney General Nabil Sadek was scheduled to hold a joint press conference with his Greek counterpart on Wednesday, but the conference was adjourned at the request of Sadek in mourning of three prosecutors who died in a car accident.

Egypt, Greece and Cyprus have historical relations that have been documented in music, cinema and literature for several decades. For a whole week in April, under the title “Roots Revival Week”, the three countries recalled their memories through several events.

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos inaugurated Roots Revival Week on Monday, April 30 in Alexandria with the participation of both the Greek and Cypriot communities in Egypt.