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Date of source: Thursday, December 17, 2020
The Coptic Orthodox Church is celebrating the anniversary of the death of St. Samuel the Confessor [[Ṣamūʾīl al-Muʿtarif] on Kiyahk 8 of the Coptic calendar or December 17 of the Gregorian calendar. The word “confessor” refers to a saint that was tortured because of his/her Christian faith but did...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 4, 2020
The following article recounts the important milestones of Pope Tawāḍrūs II’s life, specifically on today, November 4th, his birthday.
Date of source: Friday, August 28, 2020
August 29 marks the anniversary of the death of Palestinian cartoonist Nājī al-ʿAlī, who is considered one of the most important Palestinian artists able to express the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in art.
Date of source: Saturday, May 16, 2020
Several churches affiliated with the Egyptian Orthodox Church in the diaspora have decided to start holding masses again, on the condition that strict rules are put in place to reign in the spread of the coronavirus.
Date of source: Thursday, July 23, 2020
The Tourism and Aviation Committee of the House of Representatives commended Prime Minister Dr. Muṣṭafā Madbūlī’s inspection of the first phase of development on the entrance to the Saint Catherine Monastery and the surrounding area. The project has been implemented at a cost of £40 million EGP....
Date of source: Thursday, May 7, 2020
In this article historian Mājid Kāmil, Senior Researcher at the Egyptian National Library and Archives, speaks about Dr. Bāhūr Labīb as one of the world leaders in Coptology.
Dr. Pahor Labib [Bāhūr Labīb], one of the most famous scholars of Coptic Studies in Egypt and the world, was born on...
Date of source: Friday, May 8, 2020
Mājid Kāmil, a senior researcher at the Egyptian National Library and Archives, said that Albert Gayet, French archaeologist, is incredibly important in the history of Coptic Studies as the one who discovered troves of Coptic textiles in the Anṣinā region in Hermopolis (al-Ashmūnīn).
Date of source: Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Kamāl Zākhir, a Coptic thinker and activist, sees the developments surrounding the monastic life today as needing to be placed within their proper historical context. “We are facing a general stage that is not limited to monasticism alone where the digital revolution was able to surpass all...
Date of source: Monday, November 11, 2019
Muslims and Christians participating in building a church. A Christian calligrapher drawing the names of God in mosques. A Muslim building a mosque in the name of the Virgin Mary. Each one of these is one message after another that the people of Egypt are sending to the world to emphasize love...
Date of source: Saturday, September 7, 2019
The Maronite Church is part of the Catholic Church, and recognizes the sovereignty of the Vatican. The headquarters of the Maronite Church in Bakarkī, Lebanon, and it has its own patriarch and bishops. It was founded by Patriarch Yūḥannā Mārūn in 687 AD in northern Syria. Yūḥannā Mārūn and his...
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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.