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Calls for Saint "Barbara", Egypt's smallest church, to be included on Coptic heritage list
Date of source: Sunday, September 8, 2019
A number of people interested in the history and heritage of the town of al-Quṣayr along  the Red Sea have launched a campaign to include the smallest church in Egypt on a list of Coptic antiquities and save it from disrepair. The calls come nearly 103 years after the church's construction by...
44. Upper Egypt: A Pictorial Travelogue
Date of source: Wednesday, May 1, 2013
From April 25-28 I traveled with Arab West Report through a few Upper Egyptian Holy Family sites, places Mary, Joseph, and Jesus are recorded to have stayed according to Coptic tradition. This travelogue will share some of the insights and anecdotes learned along the way, by means of pictures taken...
20. In memoriam Father Luka from al-Qusseir
Date of source: Wednesday, January 30, 2002
Father Luka from al-Qusseir, Qussia, passed away on January 29 after a heart attack. He was almost 70. Father Luka was the last priest in a dynasty of priests who have served the area since the 1830s. Father Luka had doubts about the Holy Family visiting Durunka but was convinced they embarked in a...
1. Recent developments
Date of source: Monday, February 11, 2002
Muslim-Christian clashes around the restoration of a church in Beni Lamous (Walmis). Father Luka, priest of al-Qusseir who disagreed with the addition of Drunka to the Holy Family tradition passed away.
24. Interview with Mr. Rafique Iscander, chairman of the American Coptic Union
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 1999
The discussion at the press conference of the New York Council of Churches on June 28 [transcript presented in last week’s RNSAW] was mainly with members of the American Coptic Union. Before the press conference Drs. Cornelis Hulsman interviewed Rafique Iscander, chairman and founder of the...
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