His Holiness Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark accompanied a church delegation at 11 a.m. sharp on Wednesday to visit the Al-Azhar Sheikhdom to offer greetings for the Lesser Bairam [Eid AlFitr] to the Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar, and the men of the Noble Al-Azhar , and Dr. Mohammed Mokhtar Jomaa’, Minister of Religious Endowments, the delegation including :
1 – His Grace Bishop Ermia [Jeremiah], General Bishop
2 – His Grace Bishop Yo’anness], General Bishop
3 – His Grace Bishop Marcus, of Shubra Al-Kheima
4 – Fr. Angelos Isaac, secretary of His Holiness the Pope
5 – Fr. Aminos Adel, secretary of His Holiness the Pope
6 – Fr. Boules Halim, official spokesmen of the Coptic Orthodox Church
7 – Dr. Tharwat Bassily
8 – Counsellor Monsef Soliman
9 – Dr. Girguis Saleh