455:, such as the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Kuwait. These communities required a lot of care and attention and there was no church infrastructure to support them within these countries, as Coptic communities had never been present there before that time. Thus, he spent much effort during his reign establishing new churches and monasteries to serve these new communities.
497:, Jordan. Following a long day of service, he retired to his room to rest at around midnight. When morning came and he did not exit his room, the fathers who were with him felt worried, and went in to check on him, finding him comatose on his bed. He was rushed to Luzmila Hospital, where he was diagnosed with a brain
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332:, seeking the monastic life, and was later tonsured a monk there and given the monastic name, Monk Cyril of Saint Anthony (Arabic: أبونا الراهب كيرلس الأنطونى). He was later ordained to the priesthood, and he served as a priest in Ezbet el Deir, the headquarters of the Monastery of Saint Anthony in
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Metropolitan of the Holy and Great City of Our Lord, Jerusalem (Holy Zion), and
Archbishop of the Holy and Ancient Archdiocese of Jerusalem, all Palestine and the Near East; Abbot of the Monasteries of Saint Anthony, and Saint George,
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in the Church of the Holy
Sepulcher on April 25, 1970, the Israeli government sent military forces to change the locks of the monastery to enable the Ethiopian monks to take control of it. Afterwards, the
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