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The Egyptian press exposed religious authorities’ and intellectuals’ points of view regarding the violent confrontations between the Palestinians and the Israeli forces; in his interview with al-Musawwar, the Shaykh of the Azhar condemned the Israeli trespassing of al-Aqsá mosque....
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 17, 2000
International
and local media have pursued the spiritual phenomena of the apparition of the Madonna in
Assiut, where more than 10,000
Muslims and Christians have gathered to witness the miracle, which started
on August 17th.
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 10, 2000
In an interview aired on Radio London, Pope Shenouda freely expressed both his personal and
the Church’s official
position on what the future of Jerusalem should be. Sout al-Azhar published Pope
Shenouda’s responses to the interviewer’s
questions. In a two-page story, Rajab al-Banna of October...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, أيلول (سبتمبر) 12, 2000
Dr. Rodolph Yanny, editor-in-chief of the US-based Coptic Church Review, reviews "Among the Copts" of Father Dr. John Watson, Anglican scholar and member of the Board of Advisors of the RNSAW. Dr. Yanney calls the book "a comprehensive presentation of the life and thought of the Coptic Orthodox...
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 10, 2000
The
news about the miraculous apparition of the Holy Virgin Mary over
the Church of Saint Mark in the southern province of Assiut
unleashed controversy about the credibility of
such a spiritual phenomena. While many people confirmed that they had seen
her, some media reports have
shown...
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The church of Saint Marcos
in the southern
province of Assiut witnessed a new apparition of the Virgin Mary. Thousands of people saw her surrounded by
white pigeons and flashing lights in a miraculous spectacle, which lasted 6 hours on one occasion. The
priest’s council of
the church in Assiut...
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The priest of the
Hanging Church, Morcos Aziz, and the Egyptian Minister of Culture, Farouq Hosni, exchanged
accusations on
the pages of two newspapers, following a deep disagreement regarding the restoration of the prominent church
and the introduction of an entrance fee for the monument.
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Early last
Friday morning, thousands of Christians of all ages
rushed into the church of Virgin Mary in Luxor. The occasion was Bishop
Musa calling the Christians of
Luxor in an attempt to open a positive conversation to solve the crisis after the people’s
out right
rejection of the decision...
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This article gives an overall view
of the case
of deposing Bishop Ammonius. It exposes the different reactions of the Christians of Luxor towards the decision
of the Holy Council as well as the comment of the Holy Council itself.
Date of source: الاثنين, حزيران (يونيو) 19, 2000
A great celebration took place on June 1st, in Saint Mary’s Coptic Church in Ma’adi, to commemorate the 2000th anniversary of the coming of the Holy Family to Egypt. The participation of Prime Minister Atef Ebeid and many other ministers, as well as Pope Shenouda III, The Sheikh of Azhar, Dr....