April 18, 2009: The Coptic Church ended its celebrations for Passion Week in preparation for Easter.
Priest Armia Adly, Shubra el-Kheima Under Archbishop and professor of Old Testament at the Clerical Institute, said the church celebrated Holy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday and finally Good Friday, the day when Jesus was crucified.
He said today the Church is celebrating Holy Saturday, the day after the burial of Christ - according to Christianity.
Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark’s Church, is due to celebrate the Easter Mass tonight at the Coptic Cathedral in el-Abbasia, a quarter in Cairo.
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