{"id":26785,"date":"2026-01-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/prayer\/prayer-diary-egypt-6682\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:58:47","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:58:47","slug":"prayer-diary-egypt-6682","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/prayer\/prayer-diary-egypt-6682\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Diary: Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/43010fd7d595260d730445ce7d6116b7.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Sunday 4 January<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Said Mansour Rizk Abdelrazek, a Christian convert, was arrested and charged with terrorism in July. But he has committed no crime. In reality, Said is being punished for changing his religion \u2013 which is not illegal \u2013 and for asking for this change to be recorded in his official identity documents. Please pray for his immediate and unconditional release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Monday 5 January<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Said converted to Christianity in 2016, his family rejected him. He endured societal hostility and police intimidation whenever he shared his new faith publicly. Ask God to comfort and strengthen Said and others who have similar experiences. Pray for their protection and for family relationships to be restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Tuesday 6 January<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Give thanks for the Egyptian government\u2019s continued efforts to legalise the construction and restoration of churches across the country. Pray that those whose applications are still pending would be approved, and that the legislation would be extended to cover every religious community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Wednesday 7 January<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today is Christmas for Egypt\u2019s Orthodox Christians, the largest Christian community in the Middle East. Ask God to bless and protect their celebrations, and to grant them abundant joy in the year ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Thursday 8 January<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Egypt are subjected to severe restrictions. Any activities deemed to be \u2018political\u2019 or \u2018religious\u2019 are prohibited. As a result, the number of NGOs has fallen significantly in recent years. Pray today for a strengthening of independent voices in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Friday 9 January<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Article 98(f) of the Egyptian Penal Code is essentially a blasphemy law that allows charges to be brought for ambiguously worded offences. It has been increasingly used to target and prosecute members of the atheist community in particular. Please pray for its repeal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Saturday 10 January<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Heavenly Father, we thank you for the positive developments in the situation of freedom of religion or belief in Egypt over the past decade. We humbly ask for more \u2013 for prisoners to be released, NGOs to operate freely, and an end to sectarian violence in the country. Amen.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/our_work_country_egypt.htm\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>csw.org.uk\/egypt<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-01-04-prayer-diary-egypt.pdf\"><b>Download a printable copy of this week&#8217;s Prayer Diary<\/b><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your daily prayer points for Egypt<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":10168,"template":"","regions":[147,145],"class_list":["post-26785","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-egypt","regions-middle-east-north-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41455,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26785\/revisions\/41455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=26785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}