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Date of source: Saturday, November 1, 2025
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis paid a visit to Saint Catherine Monastery on the sidelines of his visit to Egypt to attend the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).
Date of source: Saturday, November 1, 2025
Muḥammad Ismāʿīl Khālid, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), attended the ceremonies to inaugurate Archimandrite Symeon Papadopoulos as Abbot of Saint Catherine Monastery and Archbishop for Sinai Fīrān and al-Ṭūr for Greek Orthodox inside the Church of Transfiguration...
Date of source: Sunday, October 19, 2025
The independence of the ancient Eastern Churches took on a national character—as seen in the Assyrian, Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, and Ethiopian Churches—to distinguish themselves from other communities belonging to the Rūm (Byzantine/Greek) Churches.
Date of source: Thursday, October 16, 2025
A new chapter was opened this month as the issue of Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai was resolved through an amicable agreement among Egypt, Greece, and the Greek Orthodox Church, ending a months-long dispute over some of the monastery’s lands and buildings.
Date of source: Sunday, October 19, 2025
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate in Jerusalem appointed Archimandrite Symeon as Archbishop of Sinai, Farān, and Ra’īthū to succeed the previous archbishop, during ceremonies held on Saturday (Oct. 18) at the Church of Saints Constantine and Helena in Jerusalem.
Date of source: Saturday, October 18, 2025
We want to encourage our sons, who live in both Saint Porphyrius Orthodox Church and the Holy Family Catholic Church, and the workers in al-Ahlī hospital, assuring them that their constant faith during this unspeakable suffering for the past two years has formed an amazing example that we all...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
In June 2025, I was able to gain valuable insight into the current situation in Syria after the fall of the Assad government by spending almost two weeks travelling and doing field research in the cities of Damascus, Maʿlūlā, Ṣaydnāyā, Aleppo, al-Raqqa, al-Qāmishlī, and al-Ḥasakah. With its rich...
Date of source: Friday, September 19, 2025
Bishop ʿAṭā Allāh Ḥannā, Archbishop of Sebastia, commended the priests who launched the "Priests Against Genocide" initiative in Italy, which brought together more than 200 priests and bishops from Italy and beyond. He described it as a collective conscience representing a historic stance, speaking...
Date of source: Thursday, September 11, 2025
Mrs. Lina Musharbash, president of the Levant Christians Association in Jordan, stated to Milḥ al-Arḍ (Salt of the Earth) that the Association is in the process of organizing an international conference on religious tourism under the preliminary title "Jordan: Rooted Christianity and an Enduring...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 20, 2025
President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī underlined Egypt's "unwavering commitment" to protecting religious sanctities on its lands, including Saint Catherine Monastery, given its historical and spiritual value.
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
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.