Displaying 411 - 420 of 502.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 7, 2005
Many Egyptian Copts, whether educated or illiterate, believe in the blessings of saints… A girl, although has a bachelor degree in pharmacology, keeps a glass of water mixed with sand, known as "Father Yassa’s holy sand", in her bedroom. She drinks this water everyday although these beliefs have no...
Date of source: Saturday, July 9, 2005 to Friday, July 15, 2005
The Church is at a critical point and state, and the negative repercussions of such a state are creating fierce defensive reactions accusing those opening such portfolio traitors, heretics, and perpetrators. The patience and negligence of such internal problems led to an avalanche of events and...
Date of source: Monday, November 22, 2004
In his prime he joined the Orthodox Clerical College graduated in 1972. During his final year in college, Max Michel found out that the studies he received from the clergy have not satiated him. He went to the church of Al-Gharbiya and became a servant there until 1976, the year that saw his...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 19, 2002
The head of the General Convention of the Church of God wrote to the author correcting the information he mentioned about the church. The former vice president also wrote to him about a vision of Egypt officially commemorating Coptic martyrs who struggled against the Byzantines before Islam.
Date of source: Friday, November 22, 2002
Summary of the Ph.D. thesis of Revd. Dr. Wolfram Reiss about the Sunday School movement in the Coptic Orthodox Church with a focus on the role of Pope Shenouda III and Father Matta el-Meskeen and the place of the church in a Muslim society. Reiss´ study provides an excellent insight into the...
Date of source: Sunday, November 10, 2002
The author believes that “Rano Series to Teach the Coptic Language” is an attempt to destroy the national unity between Muslims and Christians. He wonders why they call for reviving the Coptic language although the Egyptian church speaks Arabic.
Date of source: Saturday, November 9, 2002
Many Christians believe God reveals Himself through visions to mankind. The Bible is full of this and the apostle Peter says: “And it shall come to pass in the last days… your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams” [Acts 2:17]. And thus Orthodox, Pentecostals and other...
Date of source: Monday, July 8, 2002
Pope Shenouda III announced that he had deposed a monk, a deacon and a number of consecrated women and stripped them of their ecclesiastical ranks because they formed a group that deviated from the teachings of Christianity. They consider the pope an unbeliever and claimed that they are the true...
Date of source: Tuesday, January 8, 2002
Dr. Ra´fat Abdel-Hamid´s “Egyptian thought in the Christian Age” tackles the different Christian philosophical schools. Dr. Abdel-Hamid pointed out that many of the Church Fathers believed that the study of philosophy was contrary to the Christian faith.
Date of source: Saturday, February 25, 2006
The author notes the opinions of some of the pope’s favored candidates for al-Majlis al-Mīllī. Their comments pertain to the status, purpose and future of the secular-based Coptic council.
Pages
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.