
Pope Tawadros II
H.H. Pope Tawadros II was born Wagih Sobhy Baky Soliman on November 4th, 1952 in Mansoura, Egypt. His family moved from Mansoura in the Egyptian Delta to Sohag in Upper Egypt, finally settling in Damanhour in the Governorate of Beheira on the Mediterranean Coast of Egypt. He was active in the ministries of the Church of the Archangel Michael in Damanhour, the seat of then Bishop Pachomius of Beheira, his lifetime mentor and spiritual.
Education and Formation


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Episcopacy
In addition to his pastoral and administrative duties in the Archdiocese, Bishop Tawadros pursued studies in Christian education and church administration. He was a member of the Holy Synod Committee for Children, a leading member planning committee of the annual youth festival of St. Mark and authored 12 books on theology during the time of his episcopacy. Under H.E. Metropolitan Pachomius, he established Beit al-Karma (House of the Vineyard) in King Mariut, Egypt, as a retreat and cultural center on Egypt’s north coast.

