Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 2, 2008
The author launches a no-holds barred attack on Max Michel, the self-appointed Bishop Maximus I of St. Athanasius Church. ‘Ātif ‘Abd al-Ghanī accuses Michel of being part of a conspiracy against Egyptian unity, and claims that Michel was just a pawn in ill-wishers’ hands.
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 22, 2008
A recent international conference on Christianity and outsets of monasticism is held in the Archangel Michael Monastery in Qena’s Niqādah desert.
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 22, 2008
The author reviews a part of the last lecture of Pope Shenouda delivered at the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the Cairo al-‘Abbāsīyah suburb.
Date of source: الخميس, شباط (فبراير) 21, 2008
The article reports on a letter of Max Michel to Pope Shenouda, in which Michel points to how Christians of Egypt have been increasingly abandoning their faith because of hardships in obtaining church divorce.
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 24, 2008
Wafā’ Wasfī republishes a 40-year old letter the then Bishop Shenouda of education sent to Dr. Sulaymān Nasīm, a former teacher at the Coptic Orthodox Clerical Seminary, about the prelate’s conflicts with some bishops during the papacy of Pope Kyrillos VI.
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 24, 2008
Since it was established, Watanī al-Dawlī has accurately described the Coptic situation in Egypt. In the following lines, Watanī al-Dawlī highlights Copts' role as an integral part of Egypt throughout Egyptian history, and Watanī's role in bringing Coptic issues into the spotlight.
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2008
Bishop Marqus, the head of the media committee at the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church declares that the percentage of conversion among Muslims of Shubrā al-Khaymah is one per hundred thousand Christians, hence, denying previous statistics.
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2008
Al-Bāz discusses the increasing number of Christian converts to Islam in Egypt. He presents the church’s opinion and provides numbers, although their authenticity has been called into question.
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2008
A feud between two Coptic families is finally brought to a close, a feud that has been raging since 1989.
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 17, 2008
A group of students and scholars from Claremont University in the U.S recently visited the Coptic sites of Egypt. In the article the dean of the religion department who took part in the trip describes her experiences.