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Date of source: Sunday, September 10, 2000
The
news about the miraculous apparition of the Holy Virgin Mary over
the Church of Saint Mark in the southern province of Assiut
unleashed controversy about the credibility of
such a spiritual phenomena. While many people confirmed that they had seen
her, some media reports have
shown...
Date of source:
The church of Saint Marcos
in the southern
province of Assiut witnessed a new apparition of the Virgin Mary. Thousands of people saw her surrounded by
white pigeons and flashing lights in a miraculous spectacle, which lasted 6 hours on one occasion. The
priest’s council of
the church in Assiut...
Date of source: Monday, August 28, 2006
‘Alā’ al-Jamal and Hānī
Mūsá writes about reported sightings of the Virgin
Mary at the church of Musturud one week ago.
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
Watani interviewed Samir Mitri Gayed, a member of the National Egyptian Heritage Revival Association (N.E.H.R.A), a pressure group which is keen on opening up religious tourism in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, August 20, 2006
In light of the Holy Virgin’s fast, which begins on the first day of the Coptic month of Misra (7 August) and ends with the Feast of the Assumption of the Holy Virgin on 16 Misra, the author outlines the history of the sacred cave in Assiut which is believed to have sheltered the Holy Family for...
Date of source: Monday, August 7, 2006
The author discusses his view that Zionists are fighting all other
divine religions and trying to impose their idea that every believer is a terrorist.
Date of source: Sunday, July 30, 2006
The author describes his visit to the al-Muqattam Monastry and to the cave of St. Polā.
Date of source: Wednesday, July 26, 2006
The article discusses magic, a practice that is considered
abominable by the Bible but has been associated with past Coptic traditions.
Date of source: Monday, May 1, 2006
The article investigates the
relationship between Egyptian churches and ways of healing black magic, as
thousands of Muslims and Christians
visit certain churches everyday to seek relief from evil spirits
allegedly haunting them.
Date of source: Thursday, April 13, 2006
The author
investigates the apparitions of the Virgin Mary in Egypt throughout the
last 20 years. He interviews many priests
to report the reasons why the apparitions were all recorded in
Coptic Orthodox churches only.
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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.