Date of source: Friday, January 2, 2004
The article is a letter sent to Al-Musawwar by Samir
Haleem Mansour, member of Truth Seekers Group in Canada. He comments on the interview the
magazine had with Pope Shenouda on the occasion of his 80th birthday. He disagrees with the pope
concerning his opinions about voting, Father Matta Al-...
Date of source: Monday, January 31, 2005
A great unfairness is being done towards Christ nowadays, as He has been wronged by both Matta al-Maskīn and His Holiness Pope Shenouda.
Date of source: Friday, December 28, 2001
Christianity Today published a long article by Cornelis Hulsman about H.H. Pope Shenouda and Father Matta el-Meskeen, two major reformers in the contemporary Coptic Orthodox Church. The article is presented in this issue of the RNSAW with permission of Christianity Today. You will find here...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 12, 2001
The state considered that the problems of the Copts were a source of headaches, preferably to be avoided. Some people claim that the state relaxed after Pope Shenouda was returned to his seat by a new appointment decree. They considered the pope, to be the representative of the Copts in all...
Date of source: Monday, April 2, 2001
Kamal Zakher Musa said that Pope Shenouda’s lecture, to a group of , was disjointed and lacked brightness and passion. He said he did not understand the need for lectures and thought the written word was more powerful. A student gave him two tapes of an earlier lecture one of which had incomplete...
Date of source: Sunday, April 1, 2001
In this article the author gives his own point of view about Christian fanaticism in Egypt. In the first half of the twentieth century, such fanaticism was reflected in two streams; a religious movement aiming to reform the church and another purely political one. In the second half of the...
Date of source: Thursday, March 22, 2001
The RNSAW asked the monastery if they would respond to Sout al-Umma. The RNSAW also asked about the plans of Fayek Boulos to publish his story in a book. Father Basilius responded: "Our policy is not to react or send any reply or comments to the Paper of Sout el-Umma. The 3 articles were not ideas...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 14, 2001
Fa’iq Zakka Bolous found himself in a dilemma, after eleven years as a monk everybody is really angry with him. The monastery summoned him after he published his diary and asked him to stop and not to turn it into a book, but he refused. Lots of letters came in cursing, insulting and denouncing him...
Date of source: Friday, February 2, 2001
The author comments on the story of the former monk and analyzes the different reactions towards it. He responded to the question whether is it possible for a person who chose the life of monasticism to return back to the world and whether his return was considered a violation of his dedication.
Date of source: Wednesday, January 31, 2001
Fa’iq Bolous, the former monk, who left monasticism after spending eleven years in one of Wadi Al-Natroun’s monasteries, continues his confession. He said that Father Matta Al-Maskeen is the reason for the suffering of the monks in Wadi Al-Natroun and that Pope Shenouda said that the monastery of...