Displaying 1 - 10 of 19.
Date of source: Saturday, March 21, 2020
In light of the spread of the novel Coronavirus, every nation has adopted a number of measures as a matter of precaution and protection. The Egyptian state and its institutions have done the same, including the Coptic Orthodox Church, which has announced the closure of all churches and the halting...
Date of source: Monday, July 22, 2019
The issue of menstruating women still attracts the attention of the Coptic public opinion, and raises controversy between reformist vs. conservative views, and between rejection and acceptance.
Date of source: Friday, May 30, 2014
The secretary of the Holy Synod, Bishop Rafael, congratulated the elected president, based on the preliminary results.
Date of source: Sunday, August 5, 2018
Research interns at the Center for Arab-West Understanding - Nadeem Ahmed Moonakal, a postgraduate researcher from the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal University (India) and Youssef el-Banna [Yūsuf al-Banna], a Social Science and Law student at the University of...
Date of source: Monday, February 13, 2012 to Tuesday, March 27, 2018
Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod, called for establishing a council for Egyptian churches to be tasked with negotiating with the new regime to achieve Copts’ demands, stressing unity of Christian denominations to seek solutions for Coptic problems, including the...
Date of source: Monday, January 16, 2017
“This design is preliminary and not final,” said Rev. Būlus Ḥalīm, official spokesperson for the Coptic Orthodox Church, commenting on a picture of the cathedral in the new administrative capital, which was released by al-Yawm al-Sābiʿ and signed by Pope Tawāḍrūs II.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
In his interview with Al-Waṭan, Anba Bimen, Bishop of Naqādah and Qūs in Qena and the official on charge of the Crisis Management Committee of the Orthodox Church and the ecclesial relations between Egypt and Ethiopia, is celebrating his 25th anniversary of ordination in the next month. He spoke...
Date of source: Thursday, April 21, 2016
Coptic rights activist Hānī ʿIzzat al-Masrī, condemned the statement by the spokesman of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Rev. Būlus Halīm, in which he asserted the Church's position opposing the Copts' visit to the holy sites in Jerusalem.
Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2016
Dr. Kamīl Siddīq Sawiris, Secretary General of the Milli Council of the Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria, said that "with regard to the decision to ban the travel of Copts to the occupied lands of Jerusalem to visit the holy sites, the decision was made by the Holy Synod during the reign of...
Date of source: Friday, April 22, 2016
The issue of the ban of the Egyptian Coptic Church on Coptic Christians visiting Jerusalem to perform the pilgrimage rituals was raised in the media and stirred a debate in the past week in concurrence with Easter celebrations.
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.