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Date of source: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
A high-ranking Emirati delegation has visited Pope Tawadros in the Anba Bishoy Monastery in Wadī al-Natrūn. Pope Tawadros is reported to have said “We are very happy to meet our Emirati brethren who we have a strong bonds and relations with” (Nagwá Bikhāyt, al-Dustūr, Jan. 15, p. 2). Read original...
Date of source: Sunday, January 19, 2014
Epiphany is the day that Christ was baptized in the river of Jordan by John the Baptist. In Egypt the Coptic Orthodox church celebrates it on the 11th of Tuba, the Coptic month. Many Muslims likewise celebrate it, especially in Upper Egypt and join their Christian brothers in eating sugar cane,...
Date of source: Friday, January 17, 2014
Bishop Mūsá, Bishop of Youth in the Coptic Orthodox Church, has saluted the Egyptian people for voting on the referendum. He described it as a balanced constitution of law and liberties (Nagwá Bikhāyt, al-Dustūr, Jan. 17, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Sunday, March 16, 2014
Rev. Rif’at Fikrī, head of the Media Council of the Coptic Evangelical Church has mourned the victims of the terrorist attack that took place yesterday (March 15th) in Musturud, Cairo.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 15, 2014
A high-ranking Emirati delegation has visited Pope Tawadros in the Anba Bishoy Monastery in Wadī al-Natrūn. Pope Tawadros is reported to have said “We are very happy to meet our Emirati brethren who we have a strong bonds and relations with” (Nagwá Bikhāyt, al-Dustūr, Jan. 15, p. 2). Read original...
Date of source: Sunday, December 8, 2013
Bishop Jeremiah, the general bishop and the head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center, has visited the Grand Imam Ahmad al-Tayyīb the Shaykh of Al-Azhar in the village of Qirnah in Luxor and wished him a quick recovery after sitting for a heart catheterization (Nagwá Bikhīt, al-Dustūr, Dec. 8, p...
Date of source: Friday, December 6, 2013
Pope Tawadros has received the Ambassadors of Spain and Italy in the Cathedral. The meeting, which was attended by a clerical delegation, discussed the future of Egypt (Majdī Fikrī and Nagwá Bikhīt, al-Dustūr, Dec. 6, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Monday, December 9, 2013
Bishop Antonios Nicolas, the official spokesman of the Roman Orthodox Church, stated that the Egyptian Clerical Council has finalized its internal by-laws. He stated that the draft by-laws have been distributed to the representatives of the five denominations (Nagwá Bikiyt, al-Dustūr, Dec. 9, p. 5...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 31, 2013
“Papa Noël” as Egyptians know Santa Claus, is a real person, contrary to the popular belief that he is a myth. He was a saint whose real name is Nicholas and the Coptic Church commemorates his death on the 10th of the Coptic month ‘Kahiak’ (Nagwá Bikhyit, al-Dustūr, Dec. 31, p. 16). Read original...
Date of source: Friday, December 27, 2013
Interim President Adly Mansūr congratulated Copts abroad for Christmas and New Year (Nagwá Bikhyīt, al-Dustūr, Dec. 27, p. 2). Read original text in Arabic.
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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.