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Date of source: Sunday, December 24, 2006
The writer tries to presents a Biblical chronology of the
birth of Jesus Christ to clarify the
difference between the Western and the Eastern Church calendar.
Date of source: Friday, December 1, 2006
The author writes about the first laymen’s meeting and replies to some of Bishop Mūsá’s rejections against it, correcting some misunderstandings.
Date of source: Sunday, January 7, 2001
The number of articles published about Christmas reflects the attention the Egyptian press paid to celebrations of it. The article gives a list of the articles published in five newspapers.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 30, 2003
In the occasion of the Egyptian churches’ celebrations of the new year, Egyptian Christian leaders expressed their good wishes for the Egyptian people and the Arab world, hoping that peace and prosperity would prevail in the new year.
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: Sunday, February 2, 2003
Pope Shenouda participated in one of the symposiums of the Cairo International Book Fair. He commented on the expected war against Iraq, President Mubarak´s decision regarding January 7, Christians in the media, the relation between the American Christian right wing and Zionism, whether the...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 25, 2002
The spokesman for the Orthodox Church in Jerusalem says that Christians all over the world celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ except Christians in His birthplace. He expresses agreement with Pope Shenouda’s mandate to avoid visiting Jerusalem as long as it is under the control of Israel. He...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 25, 2002
The birth of Jesus Christ brings peace and reconciliation. He is the mediator between man and God and through Him we were reconciled with God. The peace of Jesus Christ is not based on treaties. It is initiated from man´s heart and conscience.
Date of source: Monday, December 23, 2002
Bishop Maximous of Madinat Al-Salam thanks the president for his decision.
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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.