Date of source: Sunday, August 31, 2014
Pope Tawadros encourages youth to read and republish books pertaining to Coptic history.
Date of source: Saturday, July 21, 2012
Bishop Pachomius, after settling on a final list of candidates for the Saint Mark chair, will produce some documentaries so the church may acquaint the Coptic voters with the candidates.
The documentaries will include the candidates’ CVs and most prominent milestones in their service of the Coptic...
Date of source: Sunday, March 4, 2012
A top theorist of the Jamā’ah, Ibrāhīm preferred to quit any posts in the group and focused on reconsidering all political and fiqh (jurisprudence) visions being pursued during the early years of the group. He has become a model of altering extremist ideologies and switching bravely to moderation...
Date of source: Sunday, November 10, 2013
Bishop Makarios of Minya stated that the Armed Forces have put a final plan for the reconstruction and restoration of churches that were burnt and destroyed in August. The first phase will start in December, 2013. Bishop Makarios decided to establish a museum including some of the burnt icons and...
Date of source: Saturday, January 28, 2012
Father Sharīf Nāshif, the assisting priest at the Saint Kyrillos for Roman Catholics, left for northern Sudan to lead the Christmas Mass at the Lady of Annunciation Church in Khartoum.
In an interview with Rose al-Yūsuf magazine, he said that the Christians of northern Sudan refuse to immigrate...
Date of source: Saturday, April 28, 2012
Son: Makram Iskandar Nicola (currently Bishop Bīshūy, Metropolitan of Damietta and Kafr al-Shaykh of the Coptic Orthodox Church)
Birthdate: July 19, 1942
National ID number: 24207191200114
Bishop Bīshūy's sister: Carmin Iskandar Nicola
Birthdate: May 4, 1936
National ID number: 23605040100403...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 14, 2012
A state of panic is gripping Coptic physicians in the Upper Egyptian governorate of al-Minya after thee of them were kidnapped and others threatened by an unidentified gang that contacts them and threaten them of kidnapping if they failed to pay a ransom of LE100,000-LE120,000.
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2012
Dr. Mustafá al-Fiqī, former manager of the presidential office, and Hilmī al-Nimnim, writer and president of Dār al-Hilāl, will discuss "Egyptian church: balances between religion and state" book on February 06, 2012 at 12pm.
The book is written by Hānī Labīb and it tackles contravrsial issues on...
Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2012
Rev. Jawhar ‘Azmī, a member of the Executive Committee for the Dialogue Council at the Coptic Evangelical Synod of the Nile, said there are no reasons for the state of panic in Coptic circles.
“Enlightened liberal parties and the Azhar are assurances that the future of Egypt will be fine,” said ‘...
Date of source: Saturday, January 14, 2012
Cornelis Hulsman [Reviewer's Note: Director of CIDT and Editor in Chief of AWR] speaks to Watani about the Copts in Egypt, whose number, according to a former Egyptian official is…the number that brings on a headache.