Over a weekend when Egypt was in tumult over new powers assumed by its president, the Executive Director of SAT-7’s Egypt studio was giving UK Christians first-hand insights into the country’s changing spiritual and political landscape – and into SAT-7’s role in uniting Christians and giving them a voice in their society. Speaking at a series of meetings across southern […]
On 4th November, at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral of St. Mark in Cairo, an altar ballot determined that 61-year-old Bishop Tawadros would be the 118th Coptic Patriarch. SAT-7 aired the momentous occasion in a special live broadcast lasting over two hours. The Coptic Patriarch is the highly respected spiritual leader of about 8 million Coptic Christians living in Egypt (the […]
On 4th November, at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral of St. Mark in Cairo, an altar ballot determined that 61-year-old Bishop Tawadros would be the 118th Coptic Patriarch. SAT-7 aired the momentous occasion in a special live broadcast lasting over two hours. The Coptic Patriarch is the highly respected spiritual leader of about 8 million Coptic Christians living in Egypt (the […]
Christians must hope for more than democracy in the Middle East, Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali told the audience at “Christianity at a Crossroads in the Middle East”, an event organised by Middle East Christian broadcaster SAT-7 in London last week. Warning that “democracy can mean the tyranny of the majority,” the former Bishop of Rochester and President of OXTRAD said Christians […]
For the first time in four years, on 19 October, a car bomb erupted in Beirut. Thankfully, SAT-7 staff members in Lebanon are safe, and the SAT-7 studio remains secure. The strategically coordinated assassination targeted Wessam al-Hassan, head of the Lebanese intelligence agency. Hassan and seven others died in the bombing that occurred in the densely populated and predominantly Christian […]
A SAT-7 flashmob video which recorded a classic Easter song being performed for amazed shoppers in Beirut’s busiest shopping mall has won first prize in the music category at The Christian European Visual Media Association (CEVMA) 2012 Film Festival. Filmed during Easter 2011, the video features Lebanese singing group ‘The Four Knights’ in an operatic-style performance of the song ‘Jesus […]
Middle Eastern Christian TV broadcaster SAT-7 is pleased to announce that its documentary, Rough Ragged Journey, will be screened at the 4th Baghdad International Film Festival (BIFF) on 7th October. BIFF serves as a showcase for the discovery of new and emerging talent in Iraq and around the Arab world. SAT-7’s documentary will compete with 18 other films for a […]
Nearly two years of creative work on SAT-7 KIDS’ new website have been rewarded with one of the most prestigious media awards in the Arab world. SAT-7 KIDS Broadcast and Audience Relations Manager, Andrea Elmounayer, said, “After almost two years of hard work on the new website design, and out of 450 registrations, our website, www.sat7kids.com, won the gold prize […]
Christians across the country are being asked to get together for food and friendship whilst raising money to help get God’s message directly into the homes of Iranians. SAT-7 – the broadcaster of Christian TV programmes in Arabic, Farsi and Turkish – has been taking the Gospel, completely unhindered, into homes throughout the Middle East and North Africa for 16 […]
Egypt’s new president, Mohammed Mursi, has been sworn in, marking the start of a new era in Egypt’s political history. Mr Mursi has promised to build a “democratic, civil and modern state” that guarantees freedom of religion, and to appoint a Christian as Vice President. Bishop Mouneer Anis, bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Egypt, commented, “We as a church […]