“- He was the Metropolitan of Girga before becoming Pope, and he was the third enthroned bishop to then become Pope
– Despite the Pope’s piety, he was unable to stop the influence of those who sold the ecclesiastical ranks to those unworthy of them
– The Pope gave up the Church’s authority to his corrupt secretary (Malik) who sold priestly ranks and imposed money on the people
– In 1956, the Holy Synod and the General Religious Council agreed for the first time in the history of the Coptic Church to depose the Pope due to the corruption of those around him
– Returned from the monastery after eighth months due to his illness and departed five months later
– In the spiral of conflicts, the government abolished the Religious Council’s sessions in applying the Legal Status law, and for the first time the national courts became in charge of such cases”
