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Date of source: Monday, February 17, 2025
His Grace Bishop Awlūgiyyūs (Ologios), Bishop and Abbot of the Monastery of al-Anbā Shenūda (also known as the White Monastery or Athribian Monastery) in Sūhāg (Upper Egypt, South of Asyūṭ), has issued a statement regarding the recent fire at the monastery.
Date of source: Monday, February 17, 2025
Patriarchs and heads of churches in Jerusalem have condemned forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. In response to the recent statements made by U.S. President Donald Trump, patriarchs and church leaders in Jerusalem have called to stand against the plans for the mass...
Date of source: Monday, January 27, 2025
Preparations are taking place in the Coptic Orthodox Church for Great Lent, one of the most significant periods of holiness and repentance and one of the longest and most prominent fasts, lasting for 55 days.
Date of source: Sunday, April 18, 2021
The family of Coptic citizen Nabīl Ḥabashī Salāma (62 years old) learned of his death at the hands of the Islamic State (ISIS) after a video of his execution by shooting was published online today.
Date of source: Monday, March 1, 2021
A campaign called “ Stop the Death Penalty in Egypt ” called for a presidential pardon for Wāʾil Saʿad Tawāḍrūs to stop the execution issued against him in the case of the murder of Bishop Apīphāniyūs head of the Anbā Abū Maqār Monastery.
Date of source: Friday, June 12, 2020
In an unprecedented move, the Rose al-Yūsuf magazine departed from the nation’s typical way, and attacked the Coptic Orthodox Church and its bishops in the Holy Synod.
Date of source: Monday, September 30, 2019
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, expressed his deepest sympathies to His Grace Bishop Timothaos [Tīmūthāuʾs], bishop of al-Zaqāzīq and Minya al-Qamḥ, and the family and parishioners of Rev. Fr. Mīnā Samʿān al-Shaykh, who passed away recently.
Date of source: Saturday, August 24, 2019
In the context of the recent Sudanese revolution and civil transformations, this article will follow the systematic persecution of Christians in Sudan.
Instances of persecution of Christians in Sudan are generally isolated and temporary, yet have taken on a systematic nature, especially since...
Date of source: Monday, April 8, 2019
Father Benjamin Mitrī (Bishop of the Church of St. Mark in Buḥayrah and Maṭrūḥ) died today at the age of 77 after spending around 50 years in priestly service.
For his part, Pope Tawāḍrūs II offered his condolences to Bishop Bākhūmiyyūs of Buḥayrah and the priests of his diocese for the...
Date of source: Friday, June 7, 2019
The families of ‘Sammālūṭ’ in al-Minya have intervened to cooperate with the police in a council for peace to resolve the tension sparked by the return of "Faransah ʿAbd al-Sayyid", a 26-year-old female Christian-to-Muslim convert with her husband.
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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.