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Date of source: Thursday, June 3, 2021
Several dioceses of St Mark in Upper Egypt governorates have announced the organisation of Coptic festivals [mawlid] during the current and upcoming period, despite the severe outbreak of the new virus variant, which has claimed the lives of a number of bishops, priests and monks, and infected...
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 2021
With the increase in priest and monk deaths, including the head of the St. Pachomius [Bākhūm] Monastery in Luxor, various Coptic denominations have been working hard to get their members vaccinated.
Date of source: Thursday, May 27, 2021
Coptic Orthodox Church Spokesman Fr. Mūsā Ibrāhīm denied rumors circulating on social media that a Coptic Orthodox priest had died from “black fungus” in Egypt, stressing that no priests or monks as of recent have died from the disease.
Date of source: Wednesday, May 12, 2021
The Coptic Orthodox Church has seen a large outbreak of the Coronavirus among parishioners and priests recently.
Date of source: Monday, May 3, 2021
Dr. Usāma ʿAbd al-Ḥayy, secretary general for the Egyptian Medical Syndicate, said that the fact that 500 doctors have now died from the Coronavirus is tragic, stressing that this number cannot be overlooked but was unfortunately expected.
Date of source: Sunday, April 25, 2021
Father Ibrām Imīl, papal deputy in Alexandria, said that Pope Tawāḍrūs II has concluded his visit to Alexandria following Palm Sunday mass at the Virgin Mary Cathedral in Bashāʾir al-Khayr 3 in the al-Qabārī district in the western part of the Alexandria governorate.
Date of source: Sunday, April 25, 2021
During a recorded speech given to students at the Ecumenical Institute for the Middle East, Pope Tawāḍrūs II said that God sent the Coronavirus plague to serve as a warning to mankind to watch itself as it develops technology and makes new discoveries. He added that mankind believes that it is the...
Date of source: Friday, February 19, 2021
The General Evangelical Council and the heads of the Evangelical denominations in Egypt have decided to gradually return to worship for all week-day meetings, special occasions, and retreats at all churches part of the Evangelical Community in Egypt as long as all Coronavirus measures required by...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark, congratulated all churches inside and outside Egypt, while leading the Epiphany mass at the papal headquarters in St. Mark’s Cathedral in Alexandria. The mass was attended by a few number fathers, bishops, priests, and deacons, but...
Date of source: Friday, January 1, 2021
St. Macarius Monastery [dayr Abū Maqār] in Wādī al-Naṭrūn announced the passing of Fr. Bāsīliyūs al-Maqārī, one of Mattā al-Miskīn’s most famous students, after suffering from age-related diseases and not the Coronavirus.
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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.