Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, received today Wednesday Grand Imam, Dr. Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Sheikh of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, the President of Al-Azhar University, a delegation from the Sheikhdom of Al-Azhar, and Dr. Ali Gomaa, the former Grand Mufti of Egypt.
The Grand Imam expressed sincere congratulations to the Pope on the occasion of Christmas.
The Pope also received Dr. Shawki Allam, the Grand Mufti of Egypt, and a delegation from the Egyptian Dar El Ifta, in order to extend congratulations to the Pope on the occasion of Christmas.