Displaying 731 - 740 of 1022.
Date of source: Friday, March 3, 2006
Though the Coptic Orthodox Church has initiated preparations for the elections of al-Majlis al-Mīlī, some Copts are still calling for amending the council’s law.
Date of source: Sunday, March 5, 2006
Saad writes about a new Coptic satellite TV program entitled “Aghapy.” He promotes this program and encourages more people to watch it, learn about it, and support it. He considers it one of the greatest resources for spreading information about the Coptic Orthodox Church, including its activities...
Date of source: Monday, December 22, 2003
Father Marcos Aziz Khalil argues that the kind of fasting the Coptic Church observes, which involves abstention from food and drink for a certain period of the day and then eating vegetarian non-fat food, is not a human-made order but a divine one. God made this order Himself and it was written...
Date of source: Monday, December 15, 2003
The American University in Cairo (AUC) is believed to marginalize the Coptic Orthodox Church and ignore its ancient history and pure Egyptian identity and nationalism. It is believed to search for a substitute for the Coptic Orthodox Church to replace its viewpoints in some social issues that are...
Date of source: Monday, December 1, 2003
Pope Shenouda recently stated that the 1957 regulation is fair, yet it may stand as an obstacle before persons with good qualifications and well-know names who became monks a few years ago, as the regulation stipulates that a candidate to the papal chair should have spent 15 years as a monk. Any...
Date of source: Monday, November 24, 2003
Publications that reach the hands of Orthodox Copts from other different denominations became a noticeable phenomenon to which the Coptic Orthodox Church gave its attention some time ago, considering them to be one of the attempts of other denominations to practice missionary activities among its...
Date of source: Saturday, October 25, 2003 to Wednesday, December 31, 2003
The article gives a background of the life of St. Antonius, the pioneer of Coptic monasticism. The author believes that what St. Antonius had achieved in the field of monasticism has not only affected the Orthodox Church, but churches all over the world.
Date of source: Sunday, October 26, 2003
The writer discusses the attitude of President Mubarak towards building churches in the light of establishing the church of the Holy Virgin at Al-Qanater Al-Khairiya, Qalyubia governorate.
Date of source: Saturday, November 15, 2003
Problems in obtaining a permit to worship in a building of Khalas Nafous, a Protestant organization, in Ezbet Rufail, al-Qussia.
Reporting about the Martyr Michael church in Assiut.
Date of source: Monday, October 6, 2003
The author discusses the reasons behind keeping the relics of saints in churches and monasteries. He raises many questions about how relics are known to belong to a certain saint. Are there complete relics of saints that have not been decayed?
Pages
Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.