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Date of source: Saturday, August 10, 2019
On the seventh of August of each year, the Coptic Orthodox Church begins the fasting of the Virgin Mary (lent), lasting for 15 days, during this period daily prayers and liturgy along with the spiritual revival are held in the evening, where priests and bishops give various spiritual words...
Date of source: Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Archpriest ‘Abd al-Masīh Basīt of the Virgin Mary Church in Musturud said in an interview with al-Misrī al-Yawm newspaper that assaults on Copts and churches are taking place only by extremists, adding those attacks after the January 25 revolution equal all those during the era of former...
Date of source: Sunday, March 16, 2014
Rev. Rif’at Fikrī, head of the Media Council of the Coptic Evangelical Church has mourned the victims of the terrorist attack that took place yesterday (March 15th) in Musturud, Cairo.
Date of source: Sunday, March 16, 2014
Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib, the Grand shaykh of the Azhar has denounced the terrorist attack calling it an “ugly attack” and prayed for the dead.
Date of source: Sunday, August 8, 2010
'Abd al-Masīh Basīt, priest of the Virgin Mary Church in Musturud, asserts that Wafā’ Constantine declared herself Christian and that returning to her home would have threatened her life and stirred up sectarian tensions.
She lives in a safe place affiliated to a monastery. Security forces are...
Date of source: Sunday, January 23, 2011
Al-Wafd reports that the Coptic Orthodox Church is calling on its members to boycott the demonstrations to be held on Tuesday in protest of the government.
Archpriest ‘Abd al-Masīh Basīt of the Church of the Virgin Mary at Musturud, Qalyubia has called on the Coptic masses in Egypt and abroad...
Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Reverend Safwat al-Bayyādī, head of the Evangelical Church in Egypt criticizes the security services’ dealings with the Evangelical youth who were detained in Alexandria, and denies doubts about the Coptic Orthodox Church involvement in the detention.
Date of source: Tuesday, May 25, 2010
This article examines the termination of the TV program by former Qummus (Archpriest) Zakarīā Butrus. Both Christians and Muslims disagreed with much of Butrus’ beliefs.
Date of source: Sunday, August 23, 2009
This article reviews some Coptic thinkers’ answers to this question: Why does the government respond to the demands of expatriate Copts and ignore Copts inside Egypt?
Date of source: Sunday, August 23, 2009
Confirmations, denials, that the pope’s secretary Bishop Yu’annis will be investigated for the alleged circulation of a rumor about the pope dying.
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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.