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Australian churches rally to support Egyptian Christians

Australian Christians from many denominations are set to rally with the country's Coptic community against violence directed towards Christians in Egypt, reports Ecumenical News International.

A specially-organised liturgy and demonstration is to start on 14 January at St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral in Melbourne, Australia's second largest city, process to the Egyptian consulate and then on to offices of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs.

The prayer service and demonstration are being held in response to the reported killing of six Coptic Christians and a Muslim security officer who were sprayed with gunfire in a drive-by attack in the southern Egyptian city of Nag Hamadi, on 6 January, the Coptic Christmas Eve.

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[01/14/2010]

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