On May 30, 2023 His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion received the relics of St Katherine of Alexandria from H.H. Pope Tawadros II at the Papal Residence in Cairo, after the meeting of the Synodical Subcommittee for the Lands of Immigration. These relics were gifted by Pope Francis in Rome on May 10, 2023 in a special meeting which commemorated the 50th anniversary of the historic meeting between Pope Shenouda III and Pope Paul VI.

Vatican City, May 16, 2023— In a momentous occasion, His Holiness Pope Francis received His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, the Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark, during the general audience held before thousands of people at the Vatican. This day holds great historical significance for the popes of Alexandria. On May 10, 1959, His Holiness Pope Kyrillos VI was ordained as the 116th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the – …

Newport Beach, California – St. Athanasius & St. Cyril Coptic Orthodox Theological School (ACTS) held its 7th annual commencement ceremony to honor the graduating class of 2023. The ceremony took place on May 6, 2023 at 12:30pm at its new campus in Newport Beach.  H.E. Metropolitan Serapion presided over the official ceremony. The ceremony featured an address from His Grace Bishop Raphael, General Bishop of the Downtown Churches in Cairo, as well as the keynote – …

Christ is Risen!  On May 11, 2023, His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion accompanied by His Grace Bishop Raphael, His Grace Bishop Suriel, and His Grace Bishop Abraham met with the diocesan clergy at St. Marina Coptic Orthodox Church Irvine, California for the regular monthly meeting. The day began with the celebration of the Divine Liturgy followed by an agape meal and the meeting.  May God bless every work for the glory of his holy name.

On Monday, March 20, 2023, His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion accompanied by His Grace Bishop Abraham and His Grace Bishop Kyrillos received the Minister of State for Emigration and Egyptian, Minister Soha Gendi and the Ambassador Ahamed Shaheen, Consul General of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Los Angeles along with other members from the Ministry.  This event took place at the Dioceses Residence in Los Angeles.  Apart from our father His Eminence and their Graces – …

On Sunday, February 19, 2023, His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion accompanied by His Grace Bishop Abraham and His Grace Bishop Kyrillos, Dean of ACTS, as well as members of faculty, staff and Alumni, welcomed the President of the Catholic University of America, Dr. Peter Kilpatrick in a follow up collaboration meeting to the MOU that was signed in early November 2022 between ACTS and CUA.  This blessed event took place at St. Athanasius & St. Cyril – …

Wadi al-Natrun, Egypt, January 31, 2023 –  His Grace Bishop Kyrillos, Dean of St. Athanasius and St. Cyril Coptic Theological School (ACTS) and Coptic Orthodox Auxiliary Bishop in the Diocese of Los Angeles, California, USA, co-chaired the nineteenth meeting of the Joint International Commission for Theological Dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Oriental Orthodox Churches at the Logos Center of the Saint Bishoy Monastery, Egypt, with Fr. Columba Stewart OSB and Fr. Hyacinthe Destivelle OP – …

On the 22nd of the blessed month of Tobe, January 30, 2023, His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion accompanied by His Grace Bishop Abraham celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery and ordained Four of the blessed Monks to the rank of Full Deacon. May God bless every work for the glory of his holy name.  

On the Third Sunday of the blessed month of Tobe, January 29, 2023, His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St. Verena & The Three Holy Youth in the City of Orange, California. His Eminence ordained one of the faithful to the rank of Subdeacon, and three Psaltis (Chanter). Apart from our father His Eminence, all or part of this blessed event was Hegumen Fr. Gregory Bishay.  May God bless every work for the – …

The new 18,000-square-feet campus features facilities that will enhance student experienceand prepare future students to learn, serve and preach in their parishes and Coptic communities. Newport Beach, January 22, 2023 – St. Athanasius and St. Cyril Coptic TheologicalSchool (ACTS) celebrated the grand opening of its school campus in Newport Beach, inSouthern California. The events comes 34 years after the Trice-Blessed Pope Shenouda IIIdelivered a message to the faithful of Los Angeles when HH established the – …

On the night of Wednesday, January 18, 2023, His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion celebrated the Divine Liturgy of Blessing of the Water of the Theophany followed by Matins and the Divine Liturgy of the Theophany Feast at St. Mark Church in Los Angeles.  Apart from our father His Eminence, all or part of this blessed event was Hegumen Fr. Raphael Hanna.  Blessed Feast of Theophany! 

“So it was, as soon as the days of his service were completed, that he departed to his own house” (Lk 1:23). His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion, along with Their Graces, Bishop Suriel, Bishop Abraham, and Bishop Kyrillos, as well as the clergy and congregation of the Diocese of Los Angeles, the beloved of Christ, bid farewell, with hope in the Resurrection, to the beloved father and faithful servant, the Very Reverend Hegumen Father Abrahim Aziz – …