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Date of source: Thursday, December 25, 2003
In the second article about fasting, Father Marcos stresses the importance of abstaining from pronouncing bad words during fasting: “Do not say that you are fasting truly while your tongue is not fasting [abstaining from pronouncing bad words]”.
Date of source: Monday, December 22, 2003
Father Marcos Aziz Khalil argues that the kind of fasting the Coptic Church observes, which involves abstention from food and drink for a certain period of the day and then eating vegetarian non-fat food, is not a human-made order but a divine one. God made this order Himself and it was written...
Date of source: Thursday, December 11, 2003
The article is about fasting and its spiritual significance. The total number of days of fasting in the Coptic Orthodox Church is 239 days per year. This means that Copts fast two thirds of the year.
Date of source: Tuesday, December 2, 2003
A seminar was held at the church of St. Mena in the district of Foum Al-Khaleg, Cairo under the title “The Coptic language and culture…How did they die out and how to revive them?” A debate developed between those who stress that the Coptic language disappeared as a result of the Islamic conquest...
Date of source: Monday, November 17, 2003
Rev. Dr. Sobhi Ouida from Ismailia sent AWR a sad message about the sudden death of his beloved wife. Both Dr. and Mrs. Ouida played such a great role in preparing for the first visit to the land of Goshen, east of Ismailia, in March this year. Rev. and Mrs. Ouida made the first visit an...
Date of source: Monday, October 6, 2003
The author discusses the reasons behind keeping the relics of saints in churches and monasteries. He raises many questions about how relics are known to belong to a certain saint. Are there complete relics of saints that have not been decayed?
Date of source: Tuesday, September 30, 2003
The writer reports about a seminar titled: “The Arabic Coptic” organized by the Center of the Arabic Civilization. The seminar witnessed a great controversy on some of the definitions between what is historical and what is political.
Date of source: Monday, September 15, 2003
The writer comments on articles published on Sout Al-Umma that discusses the new custom of Christians of putting a sign of a fish to distinguish them from other religions.
Date of source: Wednesday, August 20, 2003
The governor of Assiut stated that more than 2 million people, including foreigners from 25 European countries and Egyptian Muslims and Christians, would visit Durunka Monastery to celebrate the day of the Virgin Mary.
Date of source: Saturday, July 19, 2003 to Friday, July 25, 2003
The author discusses the phenomenon of ecclesiastical hymns using the music of Egyptian popular songs and Western songs. He approached Protestant and Orthodox men of religion for comments.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.