Egypt’s Church celebrates Christmas with candlelit after cancelling annual ceremony

CAIRO – 16 December 2020: Egypt’s Episcopal Church is organizing a candlelit party on Friday in celebration of the Christmas this year after cancelling the annual the New Year celebrations per COVID-19 precautionary measures.

The church decided to hold hymns at 7 p.m. Cairo local time, while allowing a specific number of attendees to the ceremony, in compliance with the decision of the Church’s Executive Committee that banned large-scale activities in order to avoid the spread of Coronavirus. According to Archbishop of Alexandria, Mounir Hanna, all precautionary measures including: social distance, masks and disinfectants are maintained.

The Episcopal Church celebrates the Christmas Mass on the night of December 25 at the church’s headquarters in Zamalek.

Large screens will be available to display the prayer services, which will also be broadcast through social media.