Date of source: Saturday, November 9, 2002 to Friday, November 15, 2002
The administrative court issued a decree that allows fired priest Andraous Aziz to come back to work. This might draw the church into crisis, especially if it tries to counteract the judicial decision. It also may limit the authority of the church over religious men.
Date of source: Monday, November 4, 2002
State Council Court established a legal principle stating that the decrees of the Orthodox Church are considered administrative decrees that can be appealed. The establishment of this principle came after the Administrative Court announced its verdict invalidating a decree issued by Pope Shenouda...
Date of source: Monday, January 2, 2006
The author argues that if Israel is going to benefit from Egyptians’ visit to Jerusalem, then such plans should be cancelled, not due to Egyptian Christians’ religious identity, but their national identity as Egyptians.
Date of source: Monday, November 28, 2005
An archpriest defrocked by Pope Shenouda III is given back his position by the Egyptian Supreme Administrative Court [Editor: The Egyptian Supreme Administrative Court is a body of the Council of State.].
Date of source: Saturday, October 1, 2005 to Friday, October 7, 2005
Father Andarāwus ‘Aziz claims that the decision to have him defrocked of his priestly duties was marked by unjust improvisation, which is wide-spread in the church administration
Date of source: Tuesday, September 27, 2005
The Supreme Administrative Court has nullified the Pope’s decision to defrock a priest.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 29, 2001
The lawsuit Archpriest Andrawis Aziz filed against Pope Shenouda to cancel the decision that stripped him of his religious title and the report of the State Council Judges which viewed the decisions of the church as administrative decisions pushed Al-Kalema [the word] Center for human rights to...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Archpriest Andrawis Aziz filed a lawsuit against Pope Shenouda to cancel the decision of the Clerical Council that stripped him of his religious title. The church argued that the court did not have the right to decide upon the Church’s decisions concerning stripping clergymen of their religious...
Date of source: Saturday, January 27, 2001 to Friday, February 2, 2001
A deposed priest says that there is no text in either the law or the Coptic Orthodox canon that forbids a second marriage. He filed a case against the Pope to stop him executing deposition order. He had performed some wedding ceremonies for divorced couples without getting a marriage permit from...
Date of source: Monday, February 28, 2000
"Giving statements requires being logical and fluent, and everything that lacks reason and does not reveal a truth is not a statement, even in signed by a hundred "intellectuals"!!, whether headed or not headed by Said Al-Naggar [Al-Naggar means the carpenter], the blacksmith, or even Said the car-...