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Date of source: Sunday, October 29, 2006
The author reflects on the life of Anba Gregorious (1967 to 2001), who was bishop of higher studies and scientific research and one of the pillars of the modern Coptic Orthodox church.
Date of source: Sunday, October 29, 2006
The secretary of the late Archbishop Gregorius says there were no differences
in faith-related issues between the late clergyman and Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, but there were different
views between the two over issues that were not considered crucial.
Date of source: Sunday, September 17, 2006
Rose al-
Yūsuf continues its series of stories about distinguished clerical figures who were
imprisoned by former
president Anwār al-Sadāt’s famous September 1981 decision.
Date of source: Sunday, September 10, 2006
Eight bishops and twenty-four
priests were arrested and imprisoned in 1981, an act which had no
precedent in Egyptian modern history.
After twenty five years Rūbīr al-Fāris interviews one of
these priests, Athanasius Butrus,
pastor of the Church of Mār Girgis in Manshiyt al- Sadr, to talk...
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2006
A review of Robert al-Faris’ review of Naguib Mahfouz’s previously banned novel, “Awlad Haretna” from a Christian perspective.
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2006
An examination of the crisis 25 years ago between President Sadat and the Coptic Orthodox Church, during which Pope Shenouda was confined in Anba Bishoi Monastery in the Western Desert, and banned from acting as patriarch of the Coptic Church. Many other bishops and priests were also detained, and...
Date of source: Sunday, September 3, 2006
The author reviews a book by Metropolitan Bīshouy, the Secretary of
the Holy Synod, in which
he criticizes the Protestants and their "devastating" effect on Orthodox Christians
in Egypt and their attempts in
Kafr al-Shaykh to lure Orthodox Christians to join Protestantism.
Date of source: Sunday, August 27, 2006
The author writes about the Virgin Mary feast which celebrates both the Virgin’s fasting and the memory of the Holy Family’s journey in the Upper Egyptian area of Assiut. A visit to an old cave that housed the Virgin and young Jesus is an essential part of the festivities.
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
As a way of honoring the deceased archpriest
Father Matta al-
Maskīn, the Margus Magazine, a publication of Saint Makarius Monastery, issued a
book containing his
diaries which he wrote in 1978 and which he ordered not to be published until after his
death.
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
Catholic Priest Jirjis Wīsā Jirjis says in this interview that
the marriage of Catholic clergymen
is optional and that a priest might have the freedom not to confine his service
to one particular church all
his life.
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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.