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Date of source: Sunday, June 18, 2006
Reflections on the life of Abouna Matta El Meskeen and his influence on ecumenical monastic traditions.
Date of source: Sunday, March 12, 2006
Robert al-Fāris reports on the importance of the ritual of confession for the Coptic Orthodox Church, as well as the qualifications of a priest who hears confessions and the regulations that control this practice.
Date of source: Thursday, December 25, 2003
In the second article about fasting, Father Marcos stresses the importance of abstaining from pronouncing bad words during fasting: “Do not say that you are fasting truly while your tongue is not fasting [abstaining from pronouncing bad words]”.
Date of source: Monday, December 22, 2003
Father Marcos Aziz Khalil argues that the kind of fasting the Coptic Church observes, which involves abstention from food and drink for a certain period of the day and then eating vegetarian non-fat food, is not a human-made order but a divine one. God made this order Himself and it was written...
Date of source: Thursday, December 11, 2003
The article is about fasting and its spiritual significance. The total number of days of fasting in the Coptic Orthodox Church is 239 days per year. This means that Copts fast two thirds of the year.
Date of source: Monday, October 6, 2003
The author discusses the reasons behind keeping the relics of saints in churches and monasteries. He raises many questions about how relics are known to belong to a certain saint. Are there complete relics of saints that have not been decayed?
Date of source: Wednesday, August 20, 2003
The governor of Assiut stated that more than 2 million people, including foreigners from 25 European countries and Egyptian Muslims and Christians, would visit Durunka Monastery to celebrate the day of the Virgin Mary.
Date of source: Saturday, July 19, 2003 to Friday, July 25, 2003
The author, who is the head of the Canadian-Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, highlights the Coptic era in Egypt. He believes that discussing such era should not be done only on religious basis but rather on national basis as well.
Date of source: Saturday, June 14, 2003 to Monday, June 16, 2003
The author comments on the features of the mulid of St. Dimyana. He believes the mulid is a clear example on national unity. The ceremonial manifestations bring to mind the mulids of El-Sayyed Al-Badawi and Ibrahim Al-Dosoqi [pious Muslim
Date of source: Sunday, March 2, 2003
In a lecture he gave in the Library of Alexandria, Pope Shenouda III commented on many issues: The fact that the US and Israel are thought of as representatives of Christianity and Judaism, the Palestinian and Iraqi issues, Zionist Christianity and Coptic history.
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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.