Press Releases from Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, and Hawaii (1 total)
Response on Behalf of the Coptic Orthodox Church to U.S. Student’s Claim of St …
DIAMOND BAR, California–March 7, 2008–In response to a recent news story about Jonathan McCullum, a U.S. Exchange Student who claimed he was starved by a Coptic Christian family due to church fasts, the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, and Hawaii clarifies as follows.
Although the Church strongly encourages her believers to observe periods of fasting according to Apostolic Tradition, fasting is a voluntary spiritual sacrifice. The Church…
