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Date of source: Thursday, August 8, 2002
Orthodox Copts celebrate the anniversary of Pope Kyrillos VI in August 8 of every year. He is a great pope. He knew the true meaning of humility and opened his door to all people. He consecrated his life to God and believed that he was chosen as a patriarch to serve people not to be served by...
Date of source: Saturday, June 29, 2002 to Friday, July 5, 2002
Pope Shenouda consecrated Egyptian archpriest Miti´awes Al-Antoni as bishop Daniel Al-Antoni for Sidney, Australia. His consecration raised the number of Egyptian bishops serving Coptic churches abroad to 23. Bishop Daniel´s consecration was attended by the Australian ambassador to Egypt, which...
Date of source: Friday, March 8, 2002
Archpriest Marcos Aziz Khalil of the Hanging Church writes this article in memoriam of Pope Kyrillos VI. He described the late pope as the first pope in contemporary history to open his door to everybody and to abolish the idea of entourage associated with patriarchs. He mentioned the good...
Date of source: Sunday, January 20, 2002
Almost until the end of the fourth century A.D., both Christmas and Epiphany were celebrated together in one day. However, after knowing the exact dates of the birth and baptism of Jesus Christ, each of the two occasions came to be celebrated separately. Christians used to baptize their children...
Date of source: Monday, February 27, 2006
A symposium on "the secularization of the state," organized under the aegis of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights, has turned into a Coptic-Muslim Brotherhood debate on canceling the second article of the Egyptian constitution, which makes Islam the state religion, and Islamic sharī‘a the...
Date of source: Sunday, February 19, 2006
The author wonders about priests’ private businesses and the view that clergymen have to be fully devoted to the duties and responsibilities of priesthood.
Date of source: Monday, February 20, 2006
The author offers a brief a review of a television program that hosted a number of Muslim and Coptic figures discussing several critical issues.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Some Egyptians believe that there are sufficient churches in Egypt, while others think that there should be more churches, arguing that there are some villages with a Coptic majority and not even a single church.
Date of source: Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Listing of articles published on the occasion of Eastern Christmas.
Date of source: Friday, December 30, 2005
After negotiations failed to end a three month long sit in being staged by Sudanese refugees in a public square in central Cairo, security forces took measures to end the protest, resulting in a stampede, which killed 25 Sudanese. 76 Egyptian policemen were also injured after demonstrators hurled...
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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.