Date of source: Monday, July 9, 2018
Anba Bafnutiyyūs, Bishop of Samallūṭ in Minya, opened a new museum for the Egyptian Coptic who were martyred in Libya by Dāʿish, at the Cathedral of al-al-‘Ūr where their remains are buried.
Date of source: Monday, September 1, 2014
Popular and security efforts succeeded in nipping a sectarian strife in the bud.
Date of source: Thursday, May 29, 2014
Copts of al- Minya celebrated yesterday the journey of Virgin Mary to the Monastery of Jabal al- Tayr, Samalūt, Minya.
Date of source: Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Security forces made a security cordon around ‘Izbit Yaqūb in Samalūt, north of Minya governorate after clashes were renewed between the Muslims and Christians due to a circulating rumor that a Copt’s house was transformed to a church.
Date of source: Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Matruh media center conducted a forum on March 18 about “the rights and responsibilities of citizens”. Representatives of the Church have held up the governorate of Matruh as an example of how to renounce and prevent violence and fitnah between religious communities. Bishop Bijīmī al-Anbā Būlā...
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: Saturday, February 18, 2012
Elections of the executive committee for the general council of Apostolic Churches nationwide were finalized at the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services (CEOSS) office in Itsā, al-Minya governorate, as Dr. Samīr Sādiq, pastor of the Apostolic Church in al-Tir’ah al-Būlāqīyah and...
Date of source: Monday, June 19, 2017
Many legends surround an old tree called the “Virgin Mary Tree,” located in the ancient al-Maṭariyya district of eastern Cairo.