▁alt ar , ▁then ▁led ▁the ▁Div ine ▁Lit ur gy . ▁He ▁told ▁the ▁con greg ation ▁to ▁" p ray ▁that ▁God ▁will ▁choose ▁the ▁good ▁she ph erd ", ▁and ▁a ▁blind fold ed ▁boy ▁took ▁a ▁s lip ▁— ▁T aw ad ros ▁— ▁from ▁the ▁ch al ice . ▁ ▁Bishop ▁P ach om ius ▁formally ▁announced ▁that ▁the ▁si xty - year - old ▁Bishop ▁T aw ad ros ▁was ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁ 1 1 8 th ▁Pope , ▁and ▁would ▁be ▁Pope ▁T aw ad ros ▁II , ▁after ▁Pope ▁T aw ad ros ▁I ▁( r . ▁ 7 3 0 – 7 4 2 ), ▁who ▁was ▁consec r ated ▁ 4 5 th ▁Co ptic ▁Patri arch ▁and ▁Pope ▁during ▁Egypt ' s ▁Um ay y ad ▁Period ▁( 6 5 8 – 7 5 0 ). ▁T aw ad ros ▁II ▁said , ▁from ▁the ▁monaster y ▁at ▁W adi ▁Nat run , ▁"[ We ] ▁will ▁start ▁by ▁organ ising ▁the ▁house ▁from ▁within . ▁It ▁is ▁a ▁responsibility . ▁Most ▁important ▁is ▁... ▁that ▁the ▁church , ▁as ▁an ▁institution , ▁serves ▁the ▁community ". ▁Egypt ian ▁President ▁Moh amed ▁M ors i ▁con gr at ulated ▁T aw ad ros ▁and ▁called ▁for ▁Egypt ian ▁" unity " ▁and ▁" bro ther ly ▁love " ▁between ▁Co pts ▁and ▁Muslim s . ▁Bishop ▁Rap ha el , ▁who ▁came ▁first ▁in ▁the ▁election ▁stage ▁of ▁pap al ▁selection