Date of source: Sunday, August 11, 2024
The General Organization for Cultural Palaces (GOCP) is organizing a symposium on the Holy Family Trail and its role in preserving the Coptic heritage and the Egyptian identity at the al-Sāmir Theatre in the Jīza district of al-ʿAjūza.
Date of source: Monday, July 15, 2024
Since the narrative of Gog and Magog is included in the Holy Qurʾān, it is undeniably a part of Islamic heritage. However, opinions on its meanings are varied.
Date of source: Monday, July 22, 2024
On the occasion of the 72nd anniversary of the July 23 Revolution, President ʿAbd el Fattāḥ al-Sīsī and the Egyptian people received congratulations from the Grand Imām, Dr. Aḥmad al-Ṭayyīb, Sheikh of al-Azhar. According to al-Azhar, the revolution was a turning point in Egyptian history that...
Date of source: Monday, July 22, 2024
In honor of the 72nd anniversary of the July 23 Revolution, the Coptic Orthodox Church, led by Pope Tawāḍrūs, expressed its congratulations to President ʿAbd el Fattāḥ al-Sīsī and the Egyptian people. The revolution, which allowed Egyptians to establish self-government and an independent state, was...
Date of source: Friday, May 3, 2024
During the last Friday of the Hegira calendar month of Shawwāl, the Ṣūfī Orders are celebrating the mūlid (birth anniversary) of the founder of the Shādhilī Order, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Shādhilī.
Date of source: Friday, May 10, 2024
Atheists deny the existence of a God and believe that this universe has come about without a creator. They affirm that material and substance are eternal and everlasting and presume that they have created themselves.
Date of source: Thursday, May 16, 2024
To the sound of the hymns of “Sunday Dawn,” “The Resurrection,” and other songs, a boat sailed on cruise of the Nile on which there was a group of priests, tourism investors, and university professors, as well as representatives of Egyptian communities who lived abroad, to inaugurate a new...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Palestine is considered to be the cradle of Christianity, the birthplace of Jesus, and home to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and the majority of Christian antiquities.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Egypt’s Institute of Coptic Studies (ICS) is a renowned educational institution dedicated to Coptic history, heritage and culture. Affiliated with the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate and chaired by Pope Tawāḍrūs II of Alexandria, the ICS was established in January 1954 by the Millī (Community) Council...
Date of source: Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Dr. Aḥmad ʿUmar Hāshim, the former president of al-Azhar University and a member of the Council of Senior Scholars, emphasized the distinguished history of al-Azhar, attributing to it the safeguarding of “the most honorable culture that has illuminated humanity.”