Date of source: Monday, July 11, 2005
News of the inauguration of the first female priest in France yet adds to the shock waves sent to Egypt’s Orthodox Church from the West, after past announcements on the ordainment of a homosexual priest, the sanctioning of same-sex marriage and late Pope John Paul II’s statements exculpating the...
Date of source: Monday, July 4, 2005
The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church agreed unanimously to strip Max Michael Hanna of his orthodoxy, as well as his title and Bachelor’s degree bestowed upon him from the clerical college.
Date of source: Friday, July 1, 2005
After Pope Shenouda III, Patriarch of the Orthodox Church, accepted the resignation of Bishop Mitias - Bishop of Greater Mahalla – on April 22, the Mahalla Church came under the direct guardianship of the Pope, assisted by Bishop Bīshouy – Bishop of Damietta.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Rā’id al-Sharqāwī reports about the Holy Synod meeting of June 18 that decided to dismiss Coptic Orthodox Bishop Mattias.
Date of source: Saturday, November 2, 2002 to Friday, November 8, 2002
The celebration of the 31st anniversary of Pope Shenouda on the Papal chair is expected to take place on November 14. It will be attended by the Eritrean President. The article gives an overview of how the celebration may be. It also gives an outline of the pope´s life before and after...
Date of source: Sunday, September 15, 2002
Pope Shenouda rejects any heresies in the teachings of the Orthodox Church. In 1988, he excommunicated Archpriest Zakaria Butros of St. Mark Church in Heliopolis because of preaching the heresy of “salvation in a moment.” Today, he faces a new heresy, that is “The New Testament Church.”
Date of source: Sunday, July 16, 2000
The members of the New Testament group believe they represents the seed of the real Christian church that will revive the teachings of the Fathers. They consider the present church a dead church that deviated from the Christian faith. They believe that they are God´s agents on earth and that they...
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2006
The author writes that intellectual battles over Orthodox precepts have surfaced again between Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria and Father Matta al-Miskīn.
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2006
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria is chairing a meeting of the World Council of Churches held in Brazil accompanied by a delegation of senior clergymen from the Egyptian Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2006
The author discusses the story of a Christian woman whose husband married four other women by changing his denomination each time. The wife says she obtained a divorce from court but the church is adamantly refusing to acknowledge the court ruling.