The Committee for Monastic and Monastery Affairs (CMMA), affiliated to the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod, and headed by Pope Tawadros II in his capacity as supreme head of the Coptic monastic movement, issued a statement yesterday 16 August 2018, which read: “The CMMA calls upon all [monastic] sites that have not been recognised by … Continue reading Church warns: Non official monastic establishments must qualify for recognition by Church