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Date of source: Sunday, November 18, 2012
All eyes are set today (November 18) on the Saint Mark Cathedral in the Cairo district of al-ʿAbbāssīya to follow up the church’s celebrations of the enthronement of Bishop Tawāḍrūs II as the 118th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church in succession of Pope Shinūdā III, who passed away in March, to be...
Date of source: Monday, October 22, 2012
Bishop Danyāl of al-Ma'ādī, speaking after the mass held by Archpriest Raphael Ava Mina, Archpriest Pachomius al-Suryānī, Archpriest Seraphim al-Suryānī, Bishop Tawdrus of al-Beheira and Bishop Raphael of Central Cairo Churches, said that the candidates are not in a state of competition over the...
Date of source: Monday, October 22, 2012
Egypt's Orthodox Christians start today (October 22) fasting for three days within preparations for the election of the 118th pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church, scheduled for October 29 as the five candidates for the Saint Mark chair held a mass service at the Virgin Mary Church in the southern...
Date of source: Monday, October 22, 2012
In an attempt to appease the tense atmosphere in the village of Banī Hassan al-Ashrāf, al-Minya governorate, a 'urfī (informal) conciliatory session was held in coordination with security agencies to settle sectarian unrest between two Coptic and Muslim families. [Teresa Kamāl and 'Alā' Sarhān,...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Bishop Pachomius, commenting on calls to stage protests against the Muslim Brotherhood on August 24, said the church does not interfere in politics, adding the church remains a spiritual institution that keeps its distance from political affairs.
Father Rafīq Greish, the media spokesman for the...
Date of source: Sunday, February 25, 2018
Karīm Kamāl, president of the ‘Union of Copts for the Homeland’, praised the decision of Theophilus III, the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine and Jordan, of closing the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in protest against Israeli practices, describing it...
Date of source: Friday, October 31, 2014
For the first time, Pope Tawadros II visited Russia and stressed that there are no disputes between the Egyptian and Russian Church. He met the Patriarch of Moscow and they agreed upon the establishment of a common committee to resume the dialogue between the two churches.
Date of source: Sunday, October 26, 2014
This morning, the Secretary of the Holy Synod and General Bishop of the Churches in Downtown gave a statement on the Monastery of St. Macarius in Wadi Rayan in Faiyum. This happened during the consecration of three altars in the Church of the Virgin Mary and St. John in Bab el Louk
Date of source: Thursday, February 22, 2018
Bishop Ibrāhīm Isḥāq, Patriarch of the Church of Alexandria for the Coptic Catholics and head of the Assembly of Catholic Patriarchs and Bishops of Egypt (ACPBE), participated in the 64th session of the Munich Security Conference.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Fr. Istafanous Shihātah priest of the Samalūt Diocese has opened the Church of Saint Karas in Ma’sarah, Minya.
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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.