Date of source: Saturday, August 12, 2023
Every year, August is marked by the Copts’ great celebration of St. Mary, which began on August 7 and runs until August 22.
Date of source: Thursday, August 10, 2023
On Thursday, the Virgin Mary Church, at its monastery in Drunka in the Asyūṭ governorate, announced an initiative to sell food and drinks inside the church at affordable prices as part of the annual celebrations of the Virgin Mary Fasting, falling on August 7-22.
Date of source: Friday, July 28, 2023
The unified sermon of the Friday’s Muslim congregational prayer all over the mosques of North Sinai governorate will be themed ‘Qurʾān is a book of mercy for the world’ upon instructions from the minister of awqāf (religious endowments), Muḥammad Mukhtār Jum ͑a.
Date of source: Thursday, June 22, 2023
The rules on marriage and divorce in Islam have not only been taken from the books of fiqh (jurisprudence), but have also emerged as the result of the interaction of several factors.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Copts are getting prepared to mark the anniversary of the June 30 revolution. This day also marks nine years of the rule of President ͑Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī, whom some Coptic figures praise for the laws that brought about relief in Coptic circles.
Date of source: Monday, June 19, 2023
Grand Muftī Dr. Shawqī ͑Allām received Archbishop of the Episcopal/Anglican Province of Alexandria Dr. Sāmī Fawzī, who offered his congratulations over the Muslim holiday of ͑ Id al-ʾAḍḥā.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Al-Azhar Mosque held a forum to refute skeptics’ allegations over the sacrifice rituals in Islam. It was attended by a host of senior clerics and scholars of al-Azhar.
Date of source: Thursday, June 8, 2023
The Coptic Orthodox Church has recently celebrated the Ascension Day, considered one of the major Sayīdīya [a word in Arabic derived from the word Sayīd, which means ‘Master’ denoting Master Jesus] festivities.
Date of source: Thursday, August 3, 2023
The Coptic Orthodox Church is getting prepared to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Pope Shinūda III, the 117th Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, on August 3, 2023.
Date of source: Saturday, April 15, 2023
On Saturday evening, Pope Tawāḍrūs II of the Coptic Orthodox Church led the Easter mass at the Saint Mark Cathedral in al- ͑Abbāsīya, thus marking a fast of 55 days for Lent.
The Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark entered into the Church amongst a group of archbishops, priests, monks, and deacons,...