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Date of source: Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Bishop Bula of Tantā, the official spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that Bishop Kyrillos of Milan withdrew from the elections over the papal chair of Saint Mark in succession of Pope Shenouda III, who passed away in March.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 9, 2012
A source in the church’s papal elections committee said Bishop Tawdrus of al-Beheira and Archbishop Rufail Afamina, a monk in the Mar Mina Monastery, were the first two candidates in the final list for the papal patriarchal elections.
Date of source: Tuesday, October 9, 2012
The pope’s position is target for many fame seekers and the candidacy of bishops will hurl the church into a stage of account settling, said Kamāl Zākhir, a Coptic thinker and coordinator of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Laymen Front. [Amīrah ‘Awad, al-Wafd, Oct. 9, p. 3] Read text in Arabic
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2012
A book titled “Bishop Bīshūy…the Student of Pope Shenouda III, Guardian of the Orthodox Christianity and Defender of the Faith in Modern Times” triggered a row inside church circles.
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2012
Arriving in Addis Ababa today (October 7) will be a third Egyptian Coptic Church’s medical convoy, in coordination with the Egyptian embassy in Ethiopia and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, for a six-day visit.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The Central Committee on National Awareness for Copts and the Priests Assembly in Alexandria launched a signature campaign calling for excluding the bishops running for the papal chair of Saint Mark to succeed Pope Shenouda III, who died in March.
Date of source: Sunday, October 7, 2012
Priest Philopater Jamīl of the Virgin Mary Church in ‘Izbit al-Nakhl area, northern Cairo, did a hatchet job on the regime of President Muhammad Mursī and accused him and the Muslim Brotherhood over a channel relaying from the United States of involvement in a bombing attack that targeted the Two...
Date of source: Sunday, August 19, 2012
The Coptic Church has called for authorities to investigate Christian stationary stores in the northern district of Shubrā, which have received threatening letters by post mail. The threats to stop the sale of religious pictures, icons, and statues.
Date of source: Sunday, August 19, 2012
The Committee for the Coptic Orthodox Papal Nomination is due to meet on the September 4 to start receiving appeals to the Patriarchal candidates. After receiving all appeals, the committee will create a shortlist of between five and seven candidates based on order of preference, taking all appeals...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Rose al-Yūsuf has published an interview with Midhat Qilādah, president of the Union of Coptic Organisations in Europe, who will hold a meeting with representatives of the European Union to present the conditions for Copts in Egypt under President Muhammad Mursī. In the interview Qilādah claims...
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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.