#saint macarius
Egyptian authorities have ordered the arrest of a defrocked monk on charges of murdering Bishop Epiphanius at the Monastery of St. Macarius. According to state media, prosecutors in Alexandria ordered Isaiah El-Makary to be detained for four days pending investigations into the murder of Bishop Epiphanius. El-Makary, who now goes by his former non-monastic name Wael Saad Tawadros, was defrocked by the Coptic Orthodox Church last week following the murder of the Bishop. El-Makary's former lawyer, who stepped down from the…
