Date of source: Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Pope Shenouda issued a document in which he called for innovation in the clerical discourse in the Coptic Orthodox Church. While the document could gain the appreciation of the Coptic Orthodox clergymen and a considerable number of activist laymen, another group of the laymen considers it both a...
Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2007
Coptic Orthodox activist laymen call to change the list of rules and legislations regulating the election of the Coptic patriarch. A Coptic Orthodox member of the Council of State sent a letter to President Mubārak with suggested rules.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
The Coptic laymen’s group is scheduled to submit the notification documents for a new society entitled, ‘Right to Citizenship.’
Date of source: Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Kamāl Gabriel refutes the Coptic Orthodox clergymen’s argument that considered the suggestion to have a new translation of the Bible in Arabic as heresy.
Date of source: Saturday, April 28, 2007
The second session of the laymen’s conference did no better than the first. The session sparked severe reactions from the church. It called to reword the four Gospels of the New Testament and named the monastic life as “the random system.”
Date of source: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
The second session of the laymen’s conference will be held on April 26-27, 2007. While laymen sent out personal invitations to Pope Shenouda III and all the members of the Holy Synod, the Coptic Orthodox Church still appears to be boycotting the conference. Pope Shenouda described the conference as...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Jibrā’īl tries to point out the troubles of the Coptic Orthodox Church. He highlights problematic aspects that he believes to be reasons for the “mess” in which the Coptic Orthodox Church seems to presently find itself.
Date of source: Monday, April 23, 2007
Prior to the second laymen’s conference, Kamāl Zākhir, one of the organizers, has affirmed that some decisions were taken to avoid any objections from the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Monday, April 16, 2007
The article talks about the opening of a new church in the United Arab Emirates by Pope Shenouda III and the second laymen’s conference.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Sulaymān Shafīq reports on the Second Laymen’s Conference concerning secularism.