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Date of source: Friday, March 3, 2006
The author examines the divisions that have taken place among the members of the Church of Grace, after members of the council of the church accused their president, Sāmī Hannā Ghubriyāl, of committing crimes for over 18 years.
Date of source: Sunday, April 13, 2003
Priests as well as sheikhs and imams have always been exempted from paying taxes. However, a recently issued decree by the Taxation Authority stipulates that the sum collected by priests in return for the religious services they perform in churches and for registering marriage contracts are subject...
Date of source: Saturday, April 5, 2003 to Friday, April 11, 2003
A number of Orthodox clergymen have asked Pope Shenouda to apply the labor law so that they can enjoy social insurance and can have their salaries renewed. They also asked him to issue a special law that would stipulate the authorities of both priests and bishops and how to punish them if they...
Date of source: Saturday, August 13, 2005 to Friday, August 19, 2005
Pope Shenouda has instructed the Committee of Parishes, headed by Bishop Boula, to make new financial regulations to increase the salaries of clergymen, after complaints about financial hardship.
Date of source: Thursday, August 4, 2005
The salary of a priest with a family can be as 200LE, and the church is able to deprive priests of their financial rights at will. Consequently, some priests suffer serious financial hardship.
Date of source: Monday, February 20, 2006
Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark has been recently summoned by the North Cairo Court to take the oath in the case brought against him by the beneficiaries of the will of Salīm Mīnā al-Misrī.
Date of source: Thursday, December 1, 2005
Coptic businessman and intellectual Kamāl Zākhir said that the church is not considering the profit-loss concept. Sometimes the church is making special activities for the youths and under the auspices of priests and in association with companies that provide finance.
Date of source: Sunday, November 13, 2005
An Egyptian lawyer filed a lawsuit against a number of prominent key figures, demanding a fixed annual sum from the government’s budget to be spent on the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Date of source: Thursday, September 30, 2004
The article of Dr. Samir Girgis about dictatorship in the church sparked many feedbacks, among which is a comment sent by Mansour Sawiris, a member of the Church of St. George in Heliopolis. Mr. Mansour Sawiris stresses that he is not among those close to Pope Shenouda whom he met only once two...
Date of source: Monday, August 30, 2004
What is taking place in the [Coptic Orthodox] church of London is a unique example of the practice of corruption that continued for twenty five years. Members of this church sent dozes of complaints to Pope Shenouda about the practices of the church’s two priests who were imposed on the members of...
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