{"id":87787,"date":"2026-10-24T09:11:53","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T13:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=87787"},"modified":"2026-10-24T09:11:53","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T13:11:53","slug":"suspect-arrested-after-fire-at-virgin-mary-church-in-egypts-giza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/suspect-arrested-after-fire-at-virgin-mary-church-in-egypts-giza\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect Arrested After Fire At Virgin Mary Church In Egypt\u2019s Giza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From<em> EWTN News:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-[18px] md:text-[20px] first-of-type:mt-5 mt-[16px] lg:mt-[28px] leading-[28px] md:leading-8 normal \">The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Central Giza announced that a small fire broke out inside the Church of the Virgin Mary in the Barak al-Khiyam\u00a0area of Giza in Egypt on Thursday, Oct. 22, after a man entered the church and set fire to some of its furnishings. No injuries were reported, and security forces arrested the suspect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-[18px] md:text-[20px] first-of-type:mt-5 mt-[16px] lg:mt-[28px] leading-[28px] md:leading-8 normal \">In a statement, the diocese said the incident occurred around 6 a.m., when an unidentified man entered the church under the pretext of praying, carrying a bottle of gasoline in a bag. He then broke through the door of a small chapel on the building\u2019s ground floor, set fire to several curtains, and damaged wooden Gospel stands and carpeting. Security forces arrived at the scene and began investigating the circumstances and motive behind the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From EWTN News: The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Central Giza announced that a small fire broke out inside the Church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87788,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87787\/revisions\/87788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}