Date of source: Sunday, January 5, 2025
The Catholic Church in Jordan is preparing for an important occasion coming up – the official consecration of the Church of the Baptism of the Lord (Kanīsa maʿamūdiyya al-sayyīd al-masīḥ) in Wādī al-Kharrār, the desert area near the Jordan river where according to the Gospel, Christ was baptised by...
Date of source: Monday, November 18, 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs warned of assaults on the various religious sanctities in Palestine, which are the property of Christian and Muslim owners.
Date of source: Sunday, November 17, 2024
Jewish attempts to enter and disrupt al-Aqṣā Mosque are only part of the continuous tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. Both parties struggle to control the sacred sites in al-Quds (Jerusalem); while the mosque is Islam’s third holiest shrine, it is also Judaism’s holy Temple Mount, and...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Dār al-Iftāʾ fatwā secretary, Shaykh Moḥammed Wasām, has stressed the importance of properly clarifying the historical narrations pertaining to the head of Imām Ḥussein, in light of the ongoing debate surrounding its presence in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, August 11, 2024
The General Organization for Cultural Palaces (GOCP) is organizing a symposium on the Holy Family Trail and its role in preserving the Coptic heritage and the Egyptian identity at the al-Sāmir Theatre in the Jīza district of al-ʿAjūza.
Date of source: Sunday, August 4, 2024
Pope Tawāḍrūs received a delegation from the Jordanian general organization for the Virgin Mary sisterhoods, led by spiritual guide Father Ibrāhīm Naffāʿ.
Date of source: Thursday, April 4, 2024
Jordan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned attempts by the Israeli occupation police to evacuate the Cow Garden, which is considered part of the property of the Armenian Patriarchate in the Old City of occupied Jerusalem.
Date of source: Thursday, February 15, 2024
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan paid a visit to the mosque and mausoleum of Imām al-Shāfiʿī in Cairo on the sidelines of his visit to Egypt on February 14.
Date of source: Monday, October 9, 2023
The Israeli occupation forces bombed the Church of St. Porphyrius (Birphīrīōs) on Monday (October 9). This church dates back about 1,600 years, according to Palestinian activists who have been circulating this incident on social media.
Date of source: Saturday, September 16, 2023
For the first time in 70 years, since the July 23, 1952 revolution, the Jews of Egypt celebrated Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.