Date of source: Sunday, February 5, 2006
Father Shenouda Marqus welcomes President Mubārak’s decision to annul the Hamāyounī Decree, which required a presidential permission for the simple repairs to church buildings.
Date of source: Thursday, January 19, 2006
The author reports that Copts are celebrating Holy Epiphany, the baptism of Jesus.
Date of source: Monday, January 23, 2006
Reviewer: ‘Amr al-Misrī
One person has been killed and around 17 injured in Muslim-Christian clashes in the village of al-‘Udaysāt, Luxor, after Muslims allegedly attacked a church, which had been built without a license. A local priest accused the security forces of being slow to intervene.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 20, 2004
The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates the Epiphany on January 20. The writer gives a brief
historical and religious background on the different ways of celebrating the feast.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Pope Shenouda explains the Biblical verse “This child [Jesus Christ] is set for the
fall and rising again of many… and for a sign which shall be spoken against” (Luke 2:34).
Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2005
When God first created man he meant him to be happy so he put him in paradise and gave him feasts like Christmas and Epiphany to rest and have fun. Fortunately this year Epiphany and Greater Bairam synchronized.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2001
The Coptic Orthodox church believes in seven secrets. Four of which are called the secrets of salvation. Each Christian should perform them. These four secrets are the secret of Baptism, the secret of the Holy Chrism, the secret of the Holy Communion and the secret of confession. The other three...
Date of source: Monday, January 19, 1998
Yesterday, at dawn, the Muslims were performing the festival prayer, and in the evening, the Christians were celebrating" The Day of Epiphany. Accordingly, the way of the Egyptian’s living has changed. The iftar (breakfasting) tables became tables for love, sharing and brotherhood between the...