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Date of source: Tuesday, June 2, 2026
Pope Tawāḍrūs said that Egypt boasts a unique blessing, as it is the country that welcomed Jesus Christ and the Holy Family, who lived on its land.
"The route of the Holy Family has remained preserved and protected throughout the centuries thanks to the churches and monasteries that have maintained...
Date of source: Monday, June 1, 2026
The Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast of the Entry of the Holy Family into Egypt, which falls on the first of June. It is considered one of the minor feasts of the Lord in the Orthodox Church, as the journey of the Holy Family began with their escape from Bethlehem in Palestine due to the...
Date of source: Sunday, February 15, 2026
The Monastery of Anbā Shinūda (known as the White Monastery) in the western mountains of the Sūhāg governorate released a statement announcing a new schedule for receiving visitors during Great Lent. The statement clarified that the monastery will only receive visitors on three days a week: Friday...
Date of source: Sunday, January 4, 2026
Despite the holiday at Saint Catherine Monastery, the city has received a large number of tourists and visitors on Sunday morning (January 4). They came to climb Gabal Mūsa (Mount Sinai) and watch the sunrise from the highest mountain peak, visit historical sites, colorful valleys, the St....
Date of source: Sunday, January 18, 2026
The Peace Square is one of the most prominent landmarks of the Great Transfiguration project in Saint Catherine, as it represents the beating heart of the project and its official center, and is designed to be a unifying space that expresses the symbolism of coexistence among the three Abrahamic...
Date of source: Thursday, November 27, 2025
Mediterranean Bonds that Unite Us: Dialogues on Shared Heritage and Cooperation
From the 21st to the 23rd of October 2025, Bibliotheca Alexandrina hosted the First Edition of the AlexMed Cultural Forum: Mediterranean Bonds that Unite Us organized by AlexMed in collaboration with the Anna Lindh...
Pope Tawāḍrūs: The Grand Egyptian Museum opening is another success among our country's achievements
Date of source: Saturday, November 1, 2025
Pope Tawāḍrūs II of Alexandria, Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, offered his congratulations to the Egyptian people and the state with all its institutions, and especially to President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī, over the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).
Date of source: Tuesday, September 23, 2025
According to some New Testament accounts (cf. Matthew 2), when a group of wise men from the East declared Jesus to be the next Jewish king, King Herod of Judea decided to pursue him to prevent this. An angel warned Joseph to leave Bethlehem and flee to Egypt with the Virgin Mary and Jesus....
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: Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Last week, our interns came together for a field trip around Old Cairo, led by Luka Renić, our internship coordinator. To set us up for a long, hot day of walking, we began by fueling ourselves with a traditional (baladi) street breakfast in the ʿĀbdīn neighborhood of Downtown Cairo. Eating fūl (...
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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.