Father Samaan Shehata, a 45-year-old Coptic Orthodox priest from the village of Ezbet Girgis in al-Fashn, Beni Sweif, some 130km south of Cairo, was murdered in Medinat al-Salam, a satellite town east of Cairo, yesterday Thursday 12 October 2017. Fr Samaan, who was ordained in 1998 and was pastor of the church of Yulius al-Aqfahsi … Continue reading Coptic priest martyred by Muslim Extremist