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Date of source: Sunday, March 17, 2024
“Egypt has lost a rare man in circumstances that are delicate and that are in need of the judgement, clarity, and experience of the minds of the wise. This man was not only known for his patriotic stances, charitable personality, and tireless efforts on a national level, but also for his commitment...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 2, 2022
In the presence of a group of religious and political leaders, XploreNations Bible College, in partnership with the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo (ETSC) , held a symposium on the doctoral thesis “Pope Shinūda III (1923-2012): a historical study”, which was obtained by the researcher in...
Date of source: Friday, July 29, 2022
“I have an Islamic library rarely had by even a Muslim shaykh to the point that I buy modern books of tafsīr (exegesis), including those of al-Shaʿrāwī.”
Pope Shinūda III, 117th Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, was famous for this response when asked a Muslim him about the claims of the...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 3, 2021
The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates the 98th anniversary of the Birth of Pope Shinūda, the 117th Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Pope Shinūda passed away at the age of 89 in 2012 and was buried in a special shrine at the Monastery of Bishop Bīshūy in Wādī al Naṭrūn.
Date of source: Thursday, July 22, 2021
Why do we often talk about Copts and the 1952 Revolution? Was the revolution at that time against the Copts as a religious sect, as if we still lived in the Ottoman confessional system? Was the revolution against the interests of the feudal and capitalist class of the Copts alone? Do we measure...
Date of source: Tuesday, July 6, 2021
To preserve and spread the heritage of his holiness Pope Shinūda III, the Teacher of Generations Center dedicated a booth at the Cairo International Book Fair exclusively to the collection of his works.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 30, 2021
Pope Tawāḍrūs II honored Major General Ḥussām Khiḍr, head of the Public Treasury Authority and Mint, Dr. Sharīf Ḥāzim, advisor to the Finance Minister for Engineering, and several engineers and designers at the treasury, thanking them for their work to issue commemorative coins featuring the Coptic...
Date of source: Friday, March 19, 2021
Naẓīr Jayyid Rūfāʾil, who would later become Pope Shinūda, was born on August 3, 1923, to a middle-class family in the rural village of Salām in Asyūṭ. He was the youngest child in the family, having five sisters and two brothers. His mom passed away two days after giving birth to him leaving him...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Since the death of Pope Shinūda III, several film and television production studies have expressed their excitement to produce works portraying the life of the most famous pope in the history of the Coptic Orthodox Church, and several actors have expressed their desire to play the role of the pope...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Over the last two decades, the Coptic Orthodox Church has expressed its opposition to several films and television shows, both domestic and international, resulting in the cancellation of some of these works and censorship of others. The reasons for the church’s disapproval vary.
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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.