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Date of source: Monday, May 6, 2013
Yesterday morning (May 5, 2013), hundreds of Copts flocked to the Cathedral in al-'Abbāsīyyah to celebrate Easter. Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II welcomed families, clergymen and officials throughout the day. In the evening, Pope Tawadros headed the first Easter Holy Mass at the Cathedral with a...
Date of source: Saturday, May 4, 2013
Pope Tawadros leads his first Easter festivities amidst the ambiguity surrounding the position of the Copts. The transition from the late Orthodox Coptic Pope Shenouda III. Pope Tawadros, who led the Good Friday Mass called on worshippers at the Mass to pray for President Mohammed Mursi (Muhammad...
Date of source: Saturday, May 4, 2013
Pope Tawadros leads his first Easter festivities amidst the ambiguity surrounding the position of the Copts. The transition from the late Orthodox Coptic Pope Shenouda III to Pope Tawadros oversaw the development of a more complex relationship between the church and state. The Copts are saddened by...
Date of source: Sunday, May 5, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Bishop Mūsá of Youth, Head of the Tripartite Commission, spoke the recent attack on Saint Mark Cathedral, President Mursi, and Coptic political concerns. He called the fatwá of the Muslim Brotherhood's Muftī, 'Abd al-Rahmān al-Barr, concerning banning festive greetings to Copts for...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II will pray at Maundy Thursday Mass at the Coptic Orthodox Church of Saint Mina tomorrow (May 2, 2013) and at Saint Mark Cathedral in al-'Abbāsīyyah on Good Friday (Majdī Fikrī, al-Dustūr, May 1, p. 3). Read original text in Arabic.
Date of source: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
A number of Coptic activists lunched a campaign on the social-networking website “Facebook” under the slogan “no for inviting killers to the Cathedral” and that to demand from the church not to invite President Mursī, Prime Minister Hishām Qandīl and speaker of the Shūrá Council Ahmad Fahmī to the...
Date of source: Monday, April 29, 2013
Al-Dustūr printed an interview given to Al-Hayat radio by Pope Tawadros in the run-up to Easter and following the attack on the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo earlier this month. He spoke about the attack on the Cathedral, the response of the President and the interior ministry and the impact of this...
Date of source: Monday, April 29, 2013
Pope Tawadros warned of threats to the Egyptian state and its three representative pillars – the Azhar, the Church and the judiciary. He called for the intensification of efforts to promote positive work, rather than mere distractions and small issues which are not worthy of being pursued. He said...
Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2013
In an interview with al-Akhbār, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II spoke freely about the current situation in Egypt.
Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2013
On Friday, Apr. 26, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawāḍrūs II received the Grand Shaykh of al-Azhar Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib together with an Azhar delegation who came to congratulate the Pope for the feast of Easter. Pope Tawāḍrūs explained that as long as the Church and Azhar continue to have good relations, Egypt...
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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.