Tawadros II took office on 18 November 2012, two weeks after being selected.
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14 Facts About Tawadros II
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Tawadros II was born as Wagih Subhi Baqi Sulayman on 4 November 1952 in the city of Mansoura, Kingdom of Egypt.
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Tawadros II studied at the University of Alexandria, where he received a degree in pharmacy in 1975.
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Tawadros II was assigned to serve in the Eparchy of Behira in the northwestern Delta as an auxiliary to Metropolitan Pachomius.
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Tawadros II told the congregation to "pray that God will choose the good shepherd", and a blindfolded boy took a slip—Tawadros—from the chalice.
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Pope Tawadros II started his papacy amid multiple changes in Egypt, saying that the Orthodox Church is committed to keeping Article 2 of Egypt's draft constitution intact, as it was in the old constitution.
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On Palm Sunday in 2017, Pope Tawadros II celebrated the Divine Liturgy mass at the Cathedral of St Mark in Alexandria just before the cathedral was bombed, killing at least 13 people and injuring at least 21.
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Pope Tawadros II has stated that the 2011 Egyptian revolution was a turning point in the Coptic Church's relations with its youth.
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On 8 May 2013, Pope Tawadros II met with Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church, in Vatican City.
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Pope Tawadros II visited the tombs of the Apostle Peter and the Apostle Paul.
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On 21 February 2015, Pope Tawadros II announced that 20 Copts and one Ghanaian murdered by the Islamic State in Libya would be commemorated as martyr saints on the 8th of Meshir of the Coptic calendar.
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