Date of source: Friday, February 17, 2012
Head of the Nahdat al-Qadāsah church in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut, lodged a complaint against a deacon for seizing a building that was set up through donations, affiliated to the church over the area of 500 meters, after his ordainment as priest was rejected.
The classification...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Cornelis Hulsman was impressed by two articles of Maged Atiya [Mājid ʿAṭiyya], a Coptic Orthodox American who was born and raised in Egypt before migrating to the USA. Maged Atiya writes about the impact of Coptic migrants to the USA on Egypt. They remained politically involved but often with an...
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2018
The Evangelical Community in Egypt announced that it will officially celebrate Easter on April 7, at the Evangelical Church in Heliopolis. The celebration will be headed by Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, the community’s president.
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2018
In an interview with MBC TV channel, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawādrūs II said that the Egyptian Church is an independent national institution, and has never been dominated [by foreign institutions].
Date of source: Saturday, March 17, 2018
In his speech during a celebration marking the anniversary of the death of late Pope Shinūdah III, at the monastery of St. Mary [al-Siryān] in Wādī al-Natrūn, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawādrūs II said that late Pope Shinūdah was biblically experienced in theological dialogues.
Date of source: Monday, February 19, 2018
Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, signed the document of his visit to St. Makārīūs al-Sakandarī Monastery at Mount al-Qilālī in Beheira [al-Biḥayrah].
Date of source: Monday, February 6, 2012 to Thursday, March 1, 2018
An initiative was launched with participation of the Azhar, the ministry of awqāf (endowments) and the Coptic Orthodox Church in a bid to defuse the strife between revolting youths and the interior ministry after three days of clashes between the two sides as young people are trying to storm the...
Date of source: Monday, August 28, 2017
Shaykh Aḥmad Abū Rāshid al-Jabālī, chief of the Jabāliyya tribe and advisor to the Monastery of St. Catherine on Sinai tribal affairs, denied the news on social media about the closure of the monastery in Christmas for security reasons.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 25, 2017
The Patriarchate of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch, headed by Mār Ignatius Ephram II, Patriarch of Antioch and Supreme Leader of the Syriac Orthodox Church, distanced itself from Hātūn, an organization headed by the nun Hatūn Dūjān.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 20, 2017
The Committee of Suggestions and Complaints included the Foreign Names Prevention Bill on its agenda to amend two articles of the law.