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45. 40 days on the Nag Hammadi crime Heaven’s comfort
Date of source: Sunday, February 14, 2010
This article is an interview and discussion with Anba Mina, Abbot of Mar-Girgis Monastery in Khatatba, as well as some other ministers of the Church, about the religious ideals of Coptic Christians in Egypt. The author and interviewer desires to understand how the Church in Egypt is philosophically...
48. Sadness hangs over the Coptic celebration of the feast of Pentecost due to the absence of Pope Shenouda for the first time in 37 years
Date of source: Monday, June 16, 2008
Bishop Ruiz asserts that the Holy Synod’s meeting and all arrangements to ordain new priests were canceled due to the absence of his holiness and denies that a plate was installed into the patriarch’s left thigh bone, contradicting the statement of the Coptic Church in the United States.
16. When the angel of death visits
Date of source: Sunday, May 25, 2008
Al-Faris review a film entitled, ’It happened one night’ which tells the story of a bishop, a monk and a sunday school teacher who are all visited by the Angel of Death.
40. The Coptic Orthodox laymen’s list of rules: ridiculous or reforming?
Date of source: Tuesday, July 31, 2007
A Coptic laymen’s group called for radical changes in the system and rules of the Coptic Orthodox patriarch elections. The suggestions were severely rejected by the church and a wide range of Copts. Kamāl Zākhir Mūsá, purportedly the leader of the laymen’s group, wrote an article explaining his...
43. The issue of the pope’s succession heats up in the Holy Synod
Date of source: Friday, July 13, 2007
Discussions on the succession of Pope Shenouda heats up in the Holy Synod. Bishop Musá tops the potential nominees, with Bishop Ruwis and Bishop Yu’annis both standing a good chance. The laymen propose a new draft law to allow monks to be nominated.
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