Bishop Tawadros; Egypt’s 118th Coptic Pope

Bishop Tawadros has been selected on Sunday to succeed Pope Shenouda III as patriarch of Egypt’s 118thCoptic Christian Church Pope. This was after the blindfolded chosen child Mosad Bishoi had picked one of the papers in  which three papal finalists were written.

The altar lottery to choose Egypt’s 118th Coptic Pope began Sunday morning at the Abbasiya Orthodox Cathedral in Cairo.

The acting pope Bishop Pachomios started the proceedings by announcing the three papal finalists: Bishop Rafael, Father Rafael Ava Mina and Bishop Tawadros, whose names were written on large sheets of paper in bold letters.

Each paper was then tied with red ribbon and marked with the acting pope’s stamp as well as late Pope Shenouda III’s stamp and dropped in a transparent box, which was sealed with red wax.