Date of source: Monday, September 29, 1997
Subtitle:- Some monks in
Saint Samuel’s Monastery broke into the room of a fellow monk and took
everything.- Did one of the
monks say to the bishop "I will tie you up and send you to the pope with my
thanks"The case of Monk
Gawargius al-Sa’omuli and goings-on at Saint Samuel’s Monastery.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 23, 1997
Subtitles:Abdel Nasser did not differentiate in nationalizing Coptic or Islamic capitalNo single Copt was in the highest positions of the Front of the Liberal Officers. The only Copt was in the second lineAbdel Nasser joined the priests and hit secularismThe revolutionaries were the first to invent...
Date of source: Sunday, June 29, 1997
The repair of a church toilet at the Monastery of the Syrian prompted a mob to destroy the entire building
while the monk overseeing the work was at the police station. Watani complains that the official
press,
al-Ahram and al-Akhbar, present the event as if it was a minor incident, and that...
Date of source: Friday, August 4, 2006
The review deals with the controversial issue of Max
Michel, who defected from the official Coptic Orthodox Church and set up his own church proclaiming himself
patriarch. He recently visited the United States.
Date of source: Monday, July 10, 2006
The author notes the reopening of
the Coptic museum in 2006, noting
that its restoration cost 30 million Egyptian pounds.
Date of source: Monday, July 3, 2006
The author sheds light on the life of Egyptian Orthodox nuns inside a convent and their
rebellion against the convent head, Archbishop Bīshūy, for his strict orders separating them
entirely from
the outside world.
Date of source: Saturday, July 1, 2006 to Friday, July 7, 2006
The author calls for full reconsideration of the rules and regulations of the Coptic Church.
Date of source: Wednesday, June 28, 2006
The
recent decision of the People’s Assembly to ban ‘The Da Vinci Code’ has provoked
considerable
controversy amongst Egyptian intellectuals, dividing opinions between those who defended the
movie on grounds of
freedom of expression and those who condemned it as blasphemous and misleading.
Date of source: Thursday, June 22, 2006
‘Imād Basālī argues that the government’s culture of secrecy has disguised the true number of Copts in Egypt. While official statistics indicate that Copts constitute 7 to 10% of Egypt’s population, the Coptic Orthodox Church says that there are an estimated 10 million Copts in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, June 22, 2006
Rumors went
around that Pope Shenouda III, the Patriarch of Alexandria and the See of St. Mark, had traveled to Germany
to
undergo a backbone surgery. Spokesman for the Coptic Orthodox Church, Bishop Marqus, criticizes some
private
newspapers, which he says have published false rumors about...