Date of source: Saturday, June 19, 2021
On 12th of October 2017, Reverend Samaʿān Shiḥāta, Priest of St. Julius of Aqfahs in ʿIzbat Jirjis, al-Fashn, Banī Suwayf, was attacked during his service by Aḥmad Saʿīd, a 19-year-old living in al-Marj.
Date of source: Monday, August 23, 2021
The interview with Dr Amr Assad Khalil [ʿAmrū Asʿad Khalīl] is a journey to Moscow of the 80’s through the eyes of an Egyptian, a monologue of memory, a life story and warm conversation of two with the hum of a hard-working ventilator in the back.
Dr. Asʿad speaks about his anti-Israeli activities...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 4, 2021
The Sharqiyya Diocese announced the return of a Coptic girl, Raymonda Sameh [Raymūndā Sāmiḥ], after it was rumoured she disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Bishop Maqār, bishop of al-Sharqiyya, thanked the Ministry of Interior and the security services for the girl’s safe return.
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 2021
The Coptic Orthodox Church and the Evangelical Community, represented in, Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, and Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, the President of the Evangelical Community in Egypt, mourn with great sadness the martyrs of the homeland who died in the...
Date of source: Sunday, August 1, 2021
The Ministry of Youth and Sports signed a memorandum of understanding with the Social Coptic Foundation for Development (EGYCOPT), on Sunday, to provide training grants for young men and women to qualify them for the needs of the labor market
Date of source: Saturday, July 24, 2021
The General Chiefdom of Sufi Orders thanked President ʿAbd al-Fatāḥ al-Sīsī for his directive to renovate the shrines of Ahl al-Bayt (the family of prophet Muḥammad,) and to develop their surrounding infrastructure. The shrines include the mosques of al-Sayyida Nafīsa, al-Sayyida Zaynab, and al-...
Date of source: Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Al-Wafd interviewed newly ordained Archbishop of the Anglican/Episcopal Church Sāmī Fawzī, discussing several topics like the new personal status law and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam dispute. The interview is as follows:
Date of source: Thursday, July 8, 2021
Archbishop Mūsā Ibrāhīm, the official spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, announced that two cooperation agreements were signed today at the Papal Headquarters in Cairo between the Coptic Bishopric of Public, Ecumenical and Social Services (BLESS) and Egypt’s Ministry of Manpower, in the...
Date of source: Monday, July 5, 2021
Ambassador Nabīla Makram ʿAbd al-Shahīd, Minister of State for Immigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs, met with His Grace Bishop Joseph, General Bishop for Africa, to discuss strengthening cooperation and coordination within the framework of ‘Egypt’s Voice in Africa’ initiative.
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 2021
After 76 years of asking for a Christian personal status law in Egypt, churches and the government have agreed on a bill that will be revealed soon after it goes to the House of Representatives to be approved.