Date of source: Sunday, September 8, 2019
A number of people interested in the history and heritage of the town of al-Quṣayr along the Red Sea have launched a campaign to include the smallest church in Egypt on a list of Coptic antiquities and save it from disrepair. The calls come nearly 103 years after the church's construction by...
Date of source: Saturday, February 1, 2014
Pope Tawadros II has appointed three new priests of the monastery of Saint Antonious and promoted a number of priests (Muhammad al- Sayyīd Sulīman, al- Masrī al- Yawm, Feb. 1). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Saturday, January 5, 2013
After performing yesterday’s (Jan. 4) Friday prayers, youth members of various political forces and parties marched from ‘Umar Makram Mosque to the Coptic Evangelical Church of Qasr al-Dubārah to extend their Christmas greetings to Copts. Led by the imām of said Mosque, Shaykh Mazhar Shahīn, also...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 27, 2011
The National Council for Human Rights has launched an investigation into the events that occurred in 'Abbāssīyah, where 309 protesters were injured after what seemed like an ambush from civilians, before beginning their march. According to evidence uncovered during the investigation, knives and...
Date of source: Monday, April 25, 2011
Dr. Muḥammad al-Biltājī, a member of the People’s Assembly from the Muslim Brotherhood, said the protests in Qina that demand change of a Christian governor to a Muslim one were a criminal hooligan act.