Australian Copts mark a sombre Orthodox Christmas

By Farid Farid
Updated January 7 2018 - 12:33am, first published 12:30am
Bishop Daniel, leader of the Coptic Orthodox church in Australians pictured at his home in Peakhurs for a story on local reactions to terror attacks of fellow Copts in Egypt. 04 January, 2017. Photo: Brook Mitchell
Bishop Daniel, leader of the Coptic Orthodox church in Australians pictured at his home in Peakhurs for a story on local reactions to terror attacks of fellow Copts in Egypt. 04 January, 2017. Photo: Brook Mitchell
Bishop Daniel, leader of the Coptic Orthodox church in Australians pictured at his home in Peakhurs for a story on local reactions to terror attacks of fellow Copts in Egypt. 04 January, 2017. Photo: Brook Mitchell
Bishop Daniel, leader of the Coptic Orthodox church in Australians pictured at his home in Peakhurs for a story on local reactions to terror attacks of fellow Copts in Egypt. 04 January, 2017. Photo: Brook Mitchell
Bishop Daniel, leader of the Coptic Orthodox church in Australians pictured at his home in Peakhurs for a story on local reactions to terror attacks of fellow Copts in Egypt. 04 January, 2017. Photo: Brook Mitchell
Bishop Daniel, leader of the Coptic Orthodox church in Australians pictured at his home in Peakhurs for a story on local reactions to terror attacks of fellow Copts in Egypt. 04 January, 2017. Photo: Brook Mitchell

Just before New Year's eve, a terrorist armed with a gun roamed the streets of Helwan, an industrial suburban hub south of Cairo, and killed 10 people at the entrance of St Mary & St Mina Coptic Orthodox Cathedral and two at a nearby shop. The victims included 10 Coptic Christians.

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