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Date of source: Thursday, September 15, 2005
With the beginning of a new Coptic year Father Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl reminds readers of the Romans’ persecution of the Church and compares it to the thuggery of what he calls the Empire of Misr al-Qadīma.
Date of source: Sunday, December 12, 2004
The Holy Bible says: "Love your enemies, bless those who curse you" [Matthew 5:44, New International Version] and the Holy Qur’an says: "There is no compulsion in religion" [Chapter of Al-Baqara (the Cow) 2:256] "And if thy Lord had willed, He verily would have made mankind one nation" [Chapter of...
Date of source: Thursday, August 8, 2002
Orthodox Copts celebrate the anniversary of Pope Kyrillos VI in August 8 of every year. He is a great pope. He knew the true meaning of humility and opened his door to all people. He consecrated his life to God and believed that he was chosen as a patriarch to serve people not to be served by...
Date of source: Friday, March 8, 2002
Archpriest Marcos Aziz Khalil of the Hanging Church writes this article in memoriam of Pope Kyrillos VI. He described the late pope as the first pope in contemporary history to open his door to everybody and to abolish the idea of entourage associated with patriarchs. He mentioned the good...
Date of source: Sunday, January 20, 2002
Almost until the end of the fourth century A.D., both Christmas and Epiphany were celebrated together in one day. However, after knowing the exact dates of the birth and baptism of Jesus Christ, each of the two occasions came to be celebrated separately. Christians used to baptize their children...
Date of source: Sunday, November 13, 2005
Father Marqus ‘Azīz Khalīl relates his memories of Pope Shenouda III writing poetry.
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 2004
The Coptic Church celebrated last Saturday at the monastery of the great St. Bishoy at Wadi Al-Natroun the Golden Jubilee of the monasticism of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III. The celebration was attended by priests, bishops and members of the Holy Council as well as by the Coptic community. On 18...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 25, 2004
The Talmud is considered the first constitution of the Jewish law after the Torah, yet it became a source of problems for the Jews who study it because the topics in it are not well organized. The rulings and laws of the Talmud are still controversial for most Jewish scholars. [Father Macros does...
Date of source: Sunday, July 18, 2004
The objective of exploring the Jewish lifestyle is not to show the demerits of their beliefs and of the laws that they drew from outside the holy books of the Old Testament. The objective is to search for an answer to the question “What is the reason for this deep contradiction between the laws...
Date of source: Thursday, April 15, 2004
Sham en-Nesim is the day on which Copts go out to the gardens and eat their favorite food of eggs, onions and salted fish. They carry flowers in their hands. They believe until now that whoever sleeps past sunrise on that day will be lazy all year long. On Sham en-Nesim day, Egyptians usually...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.