Date of source: Saturday, March 30, 2002
Coptic Orthodox bishop Bimen of Khatatba passed away. Cornelis Hulsman commented on the Bishop of Shubra al-Kheima’s remarkable advertisement thanking the government for building a church service building in the Coptic weekly Watani and reports on a recent visit to Upper Egypt; Malawi.
Date of source: Monday, March 4, 2002
Muslim-Christian tensions in Beni Walmis are related to difficulties in obtaining a permit for church building which made the bishop employ methods that infuriated the local Muslim population.
Date of source: Thursday, February 14, 2002
Human rights activist Ra’ed al-Sharqawi is asked by RNSAW to report about the riots in front of the church of Beni Al-Lims, Maghagha. Coptic thinker Dr. Milad Hanna made Coptic activists in the US furious.
Date of source: Monday, February 11, 2002
Muslim-Christian clashes around the restoration of a church in Beni Lamous (Walmis).
Father Luka, priest of al-Qusseir who disagreed with the addition of Drunka to the Holy Family tradition passed away.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 3, 2003
Stereotypes about people from other groups are false and misleading. Being in Egypt, one is continuously reminded of Western biases and the widespread conviction that the West has targeted Islam, that Western Christians are making an effort to destroy Islam and that; in fact, we are witnessing a...
Date of source: Monday, June 2, 2003
An invitation to participate in a new Holy Family celebration in Ishneen el-Nasara.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 6, 2004
On March 9, 2004, the Egyptian people in general and the Coptic Orthodox Christians in particular celebrated the 33rd anniversary of the death of Pope Kyrillos VI, 116th Patriarch on the See of Saint Mark. His holy message was based on building individuals spiritually, and he said that the church’s...
Date of source: Thursday, May 6, 2004
A priest and two members of the church board of Taha al-‘Ameda died after an accident with a speeding car driven by a police officer in the early hours of Sunday May 2. Problems started after six meters of a poorly built fence the old Mar Mina church in Taha al-‘Ameda collapsed because of a strong...
Date of source: Saturday, June 5, 2004
Bishop Aghathon speaking about restoring the church in Ishneen al-Nasara.
Date of source: Friday, December 28, 2001
Christianity Today published a cover page article of Cornelis Hulsman about the Coptic Orthodox tradition of the Flight to Egypt. The article is presented in this issue of the RNSAW with permission of Christianity Today. You will find here the text before it was edited by Christianity Today. It is...