Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2018
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawādrūs II said that Islam in Egypt is moderate, and does not call for violence.
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2018
The Coptic language is the last development stage of the spoken Egyptian language. Scholars believe that the Coptic language directly derives from the late Egyptian language, which was spoken in the 16th century.
Date of source: Thursday, January 3, 2013
In an interview to Al-Dustūr, Father Wīsah, Bishop of Belina and Bardīs of Sohag Governorate, stated that the Diocese had purchased the land on which the Preparatory School for Boys, formerly called the “School of Butros’ Brothers”, from the Ministry of Education. In 2010, the diocese’s property...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Al-Dustūr reports on a teacher who assaulted her colleague and students after she failed in convincing them to support the new constitution. Al-Waylī Secondary School subsidiary to Hadā’iq al-Qubbah municipality witnessed a disagreement between Nafīsah Mihanná, teacher of art classes and a number...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Pope Tawadros II held New Year's mass at the Two Saints Church in Alexandria, without prior notice, to mark the second anniversary of the bombing on New Year's Eve 2010. Outside the church where 24 people were killed and more than 100 wounded, Muslims and the Christians held a vigil. They tied a...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Al-Dustūr newspapers reports that Yāsir Burhāmī, deputy leader of the Salafī Da’wah Movement, accused the Muslim Brotherhood of ‘infiltrating’ the Salafī groups and its Nūr Party with the aim of polarizing the group’s leader Shaykh Sa’īd ‘Abd al-’Azīm, gaining thus more supporters for the upcoming...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 4, 2017
The Evangelical Theology Seminary in al- ʿAbbāsīyah, Cairo, announced the start of teaching the Arab Christian Heritage Diploma at the seminary headquarters in cooperation with the Center for Middle East Christian Studies and the Coptic Studies Center at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
Date of source: Monday, October 2, 2017
Two young men, Aḥmad Tāj, a Muslim, and Mīnā Wajīh, a Christian, launched an initiative on social media to teach Coptic language to Egyptian young people in different governorates.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Pastor Rifʿat Fikrī, President of the Media Committee of the Egyptian Council of Churches, stated that the Egyptian church returned the code of personal status for Copts to Counselor Majdī al-ʿAjātī, Minister of Legal Affairs and Parliament, to discuss and amend it.
Date of source: Saturday, February 18, 2017
Bishop Tārdus, Bishop of Port Saʿīd at the Port Saʿīd Archbishopric, received Ambassador Peter Weiderud, Director of the Swedish Cultural Institute for the Middle East region.