Date of source: Saturday, November 1, 2025
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis paid a visit to Saint Catherine Monastery on the sidelines of his visit to Egypt to attend the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).
Date of source: Saturday, November 1, 2025
Muḥammad Ismāʿīl Khālid, Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), attended the ceremonies to inaugurate Archimandrite Symeon Papadopoulos as Abbot of Saint Catherine Monastery and Archbishop for Sinai Fīrān and al-Ṭūr for Greek Orthodox inside the Church of Transfiguration...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Dr. Aḥmad Yaḥyā, Head of the Internal Media Sector at the State Information Service, stressed that the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum embodies a turning point in Egypt’s civilizational and cultural journey. It is not just an archaeological or architectural event, but a great national...
Date of source: Sunday, October 19, 2025
The independence of the ancient Eastern Churches took on a national character—as seen in the Assyrian, Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, and Ethiopian Churches—to distinguish themselves from other communities belonging to the Rūm (Byzantine/Greek) Churches.
Date of source: Thursday, October 16, 2025
A new chapter was opened this month as the issue of Saint Catherine’s Monastery in Sinai was resolved through an amicable agreement among Egypt, Greece, and the Greek Orthodox Church, ending a months-long dispute over some of the monastery’s lands and buildings.
Date of source: Sunday, May 4, 2025
The European Alliance in Defense of Palestinian Detainees first invited Cornelis Hulsman as a speaker at their conference in international support of Palestinian prisoners and detainees on September 30 and October 1, 2023. In 2024 no physical annual conference was organized. On May 3-4, 2025, the...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 4, 2025
On June 4, Studenten Internationale Betrekkingen (SIB) in Leiden, https://sibleiden.nl/, invited three former members to speak about their careers with references to their time as members of the SIB Leiden student society. One of the speakers became a diplomat, now serving at the Dutch Embassy in...
Date of source: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
This paper examines the impact of various civil society organizations in Egypt on intercommunal and interreligious relations in the country. The analysis builds upon a brief overview of the status and role of civil society in Egypt, which considers the complex historical legacy of intercommunal and...
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
On Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025, the Grand Imām of Al-Azhar, Dr. Aḥmed al-Ṭayyib, delivered remarks on the occasion of the Prophet Muḥammad’s birthday (mawlid) at the Manāra International Center in Cairo. For Muslims, this year’s anniversary was significant because it represented 1,500 years...