Egypt: Rolling the Stone and Breaking Bread Together

Leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Church and other major Christian denominations in Egypt gathered at All Saint's Anglican Cathedral in the centre of Cairo this weekend for a united act of worship in which the leaders delivered short messages on rolling the stone together. The service, in which the leaders and congregation shared bread together, has been described as an example of "loving, passionate, and world-changing unity."

In addition to Anglican and Coptic leaders, the worship service brought together leaders of the Armenian Catholic Church, the Armenian Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Coptic Evangelical Church, the Egyptian Council of Churches, the Greek Orthodox Church and the Middle East Council of Churches

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