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Date of source: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
The Coptic Church will hold its first conference discussing divorce and second marriages at Wādī al-Natrūn in May. The conference will continue for four days, and will be attended by Pope Tawadros and over 100 bishops, priests, and legal advisers, and will be headed by Bishop Būlā of Tantā, head of...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
In an interview with al-Misrī al-Yawm, Bishop Būlā of Tantā, affirmed the Church’s position that as a religious body it should not interfere in politics by supporting one party over another; however, he also spoke out against boycotting the upcoming election. The Bishop also noted that, while the...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
A number of Egyptian Copts returning from Libya after being detained for alleged Christian proselytizing, have requested pressing charges against the Libyan government and demanded compensation for the physical and moral insults to their religion while detained in Libyan prison. Lūqā Yūnān, 27,...
Date of source: Sunday, February 17, 2013
In what could be the largest Christian Egyptian gathering in an “Islamist era”, the Council of Egyptian Churches, which is headed by Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, begins its work on Monday, February 18 (Author not mentioned, al-Sabāh, Feb. 17, p. 11). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Al-Beheira Governorate has been made the leading religious landscape in Egypt. The villages and cities of Beheira came out as the most important religious positions in Egypt since the January 25 Revolution (Nasr al-Laqānī, al-Wafd, Feb. 13, p. 16). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2018
On Monday, Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria, awarded Nādiya ʿAbdu, Governess of Beheira [al-Biḥayrah], with a Coptic shield at the occasion of the inauguration of two churches, St. Makārīyūs al-Sakandarī and the Three Macarius Saints church, at St. Makārīūs al-Sakandarī Monastery at Mount al-...
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2018
Today, Bishop Bakhūmīyūs, Metropolitan of Beheira [Biḥayrah] and Matrouh [Matrūḥ], head of the St. Makārīūs al-Sakandarī Monastery welcomed Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, at the monastery in Beheira. There, in the village al-Kiffaḥ, he inaugurated two...
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2018
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, visited St. Makārīūs al-Sakandarī Monastery at Mount al-Qilālī in Beheira, where he held a Mass. This was the Pope’s first visit to the monastery after its recognition by the Holy Synod in June 2014.
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2018
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, signed the document of his visit to St. Makārīūs al-Sakandarī Monastery at Mount al-Qilālī in Beheira [al-Biḥayrah].
Date of source: Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Minster of State for Foreign Affairs, Muhammad ‘Amr, condemned the explosion of a building affiliated with the Egyptian Church in the Libyan City of Misrata that left two Egyptians dead and two wounded.
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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.