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Date of source: Monday, November 13, 2006
The author discusses the two day conference organized by Coptic author Kamāl Zākhir Mūsa about reform that is needed in the Coptic Orthodox Church. The Coptic Orthodox Church has been trying to prevent this conference from taking place but it will start on the same day that Pope Shenouda celebrates...
Date of source: Monday, September 4, 2006
The chairman of the church of St. Mīnā
Monastery [Reviewer: No name
mentioned], affiliated to the St. Mīnā Church in Alexandria, is
now facing accusations of
appropriating a 1,000,000 L.E. building and renting it to people without the permission
of its owner.
Date of source: Saturday, September 2, 2006 to Friday, September 8, 2006
The article discusses the issue of
church funds and the sources from which they are
obtained, amidst calls to transparently declare the budget on the
grounds that church money is in the first
place owned by Coptic citizens.
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
The author reviews
a book by an angry Copt, whose nom de
guerre is "Christian Guevara," in which he criticized priests in the Coptic
Orthodox Church and their
shallow interests in attacking a movie they thought derided their sanctities while doing
nothing about, for
instance, the problem of...
Date of source: Friday, August 18, 2006
The article deals with the reasons behind splits in the Egyptian church like
the defection
of Hābīl Tawfīq and Max Michel, who both want to set up churches independent
from the mother
Coptic Orthodox church, in addition to attempts by the Mormons to build their own church in al-
Ma‘ādī, in...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Money is the mother of all evils says the author. The
author says that many financial transgressions are
occurring in the church and His Holiness Pope Shenouda is not
aware of all of them.
Date of source: Friday, August 11, 2006
The author, the Vice
President of the Council of State, questions why
churches and their money and buildings are not considered to be
public funds and, accordingly, are cut out
of the scope of state protection.
Date of source: Friday, August 4, 2006
The author speaks about the role that could be played by laymen within the
Coptic Orthodox church.
Date of source: Friday, July 28, 2006
The author affirms that the only
way for the church to avoid fracturing and to treat its wounds optimally is to start considering a dialogue from
within. He suggests that a valuable three-volume study written by a revered monk could help in overcoming the
church’s problems.
Date of source: Thursday, July 27, 2006
In this article the
author discusses
American strategies for interfering in religious, political and educational matters in Egypt,
particularly
in relation to the Orthodox Church and al-Azhar.
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