Date of source: Wednesday, December 18, 2019
In a quiet Maʿādi suburb in Cairo, Dr. Sammy Muthini Muthuka, Kenyan professor at the Africa Nazarene University, Nairobi, is set to give a two-part, two day lecture about conflict resolution and peace building. These took place on September 24, 2019 and October 1, 2019. His audience are mostly...
Date of source: Monday, November 25, 2019
On Sunday the Unites States Commission on International Religious Freedom expressed its strong concerns about the arrest of the Coptic activist Rāmī Kāmil and a recent campaign of repression that targeted activists and journalists.
Date of source: Thursday, November 7, 2019
The Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center (COCC) under the supervision of Bishop Irmiyā, the General Bishop and head of the center, is participating in its 7th Coptic Orthodox book fair. The book fair will run until November 22 in the Saint Athanāsiyūs room of the Anbā Ruways Church under the St. Mark’s...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 5, 2019
For over 26 years, Coptic Christians in the village of Hijāzah in Qūṣ, Qena, have been suffering under the rule of extremists in the region, who have prevented the Christian community from resuming work to build the St. George [Mār-Jirjis] Catholic Church. The Egyptian government’s decision to...
Date of source: Sunday, September 8, 2019
A number of people interested in the history and heritage of the town of al-Quṣayr along the Red Sea have launched a campaign to include the smallest church in Egypt on a list of Coptic antiquities and save it from disrepair. The calls come nearly 103 years after the church's construction by...
Date of source: Sunday, September 8, 2019
The Archdiocese c of Russian Orthodox Churches in Western Europe supported joining the Moscow Patriarchate through a general assembly vote, however the decision has not yet been ratified, according to a statement by the Archdiocese on Sunday, September 8th.
Date of source: Saturday, September 7, 2019
Summary: Rev. Munīr Ḥannā, Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of Egypt, said that the dispute between the Episcopal Church and the Protestant Church is rooted in what he alleged to be an insistence on the part of the Protestants that the Episcopal Church is subordinate to the Protestant Church.
Date of source: Sunday, September 8, 2019
The Coptic Orthodox Church announced today that it will open a new section in the Institute of Coptic Studies to teach «Arab Christian heritage», for the first time, at the beginning of the new academic year 2019/2020, which sparked widespread controversy among Copts on social networking sites...
Date of source: Saturday, September 7, 2019
Rev. Munīr Ḥannā, head of the Episcopal or "Anglican" sect in Egypt, North Africa and the Horn of Africa, explained the historical and ideological nature of the difference between the "Episcopal and Evangelical" churches.
Date of source: Monday, September 9, 2019
On Monday, the Catholic Church celebrated the Episcopal ordination of Cardinal Anṭūniyyūs Najīb, the honorary patriarch of the Catholic Church in Egypt. Patriarch Anṭūniyyūs Najīb was born in 1935 in the city of Samallūṭ in Minya. He was chosen for the priesthood in 1960. He received his...