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Date of source: Friday, September 19, 2025
Bishop ʿAṭā Allāh Ḥannā, Archbishop of Sebastia, commended the priests who launched the "Priests Against Genocide" initiative in Italy, which brought together more than 200 priests and bishops from Italy and beyond. He described it as a collective conscience representing a historic stance, speaking...
Date of source: Saturday, September 27, 2025
Today, Saturday, the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast of the Cross, which commemorates the discovery of the cross in Jerusalem in the fourth century by Queen Helena. The Coptic Church observes this feast annually on 17 Tūt (September 17) and again on 10 Baramhāt (March 10).
Date of source: Monday, September 29, 2025
The Higher Presidential Committee for Church Affairs in Palestine rejected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech, in which he accused Muslim Palestinians of causing the emigration of Christians and claimed that Israel is the true protector of Christianity.
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: Tuesday, September 16, 2025
Participants in the conference "The Church at the Crossroads 2025," held in the USA, issued a public document in which they expressed their response to the calls of Palestinian Christians to confront the war on Gaza. The statement was both a theological review and a humanitarian stance calling for...
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: Saturday, September 13, 2025
The leadership of the Coptic Orthodox Church asserts greater accuracy in determining the number of Copts in Egypt than the official state authority, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS), or national demographic surveys. Their claim rests on the argument that local...
Date of source: Wednesday, August 20, 2025
President ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī underlined Egypt's "unwavering commitment" to protecting religious sanctities on its lands, including Saint Catherine Monastery, given its historical and spiritual value.
Date of source: Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Under the headline "Egypt: Guardian of Saint Catherine Monastery in Sinai," Egypt’s ambassador to Greece, ʿUmar ʿĀmir Yūsuf, said that Egypt has been protecting Saint Catherine Monastery, which has flourished for more than fifteen centuries as a prominent symbol of peaceful coexistence in Egypt.
Date of source: Saturday, September 6, 2025
Anbā Nīqūlā, Archbishop of Greek Orthodox Christians in Ṭanṭā, announced that Abbot Damyānūs of Saint Catherine Monastery plans to resign, adding that measures regarding his succession have already started.
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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.