Date of source: Wednesday, September 17, 1997
Subtitle:Saad Zaghloul distributed
bibles to excellent students and made, for the first time, the study of
Christianity a scholastic
subjectNot mentioning the religion on the identity card is an important request.
Syria did it, but
Egypt continues to refuseThere is a belief that Copts are rich...
Date of source: Friday, August 22, 1997
Many news reports talk about the existence of a political plan to set up an Israeli community in Australia. The details of this plan, that is supposed to have been agreed by the International Jewish Council and the Zionist Federation in Australia, are not known exactly, but there are some...
Date of source: Monday, September 11, 2006
The author reports on the adjourned session of a lawsuit filed by a number of Copts accusing Max Michel, the self-appointed archbishop of Orthodox Christians in Egypt, who named himself as Metropolitan Maximus I, of slandering Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 6, 2006
In this article the author talks
about the Pope Shenouda’s medical
problems and his disagreement with Father Ibrahīm
‘Abd al-Sayd.
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 author discusses rumors about choosing an unknown monk to
succeed Pope Shenouda
III of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.
Date of source: Monday, September 4, 2006
Pope Shenouda III reiterated threats of penal
church measures against any Copt who visited Jerusalem while under Israeli occupation.
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: Friday, September 1, 2006
Sources within the Coptic Orthodox church recently announced Pope
Shenouda III of
Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark has decided to bring forward his arrival at Cairo
after
canceling his scheduled visit to England for security reasons.
Date of source: Friday, September 1, 2006
This article reports the
return home of Pope Shenouda
III of Alexandria from Cleveland, Ohio, where he received treatment for problems with
his spine.