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Date of source: Saturday, July 3, 2021
The Coptic Orthodox Church announced the death of the monk Fr. Yūḥannā al- Maqārī at the age of over 90 years old, after leading a monastic life that lasted about 55 years.
Date of source: Monday, March 1, 2021
A campaign called “ Stop the Death Penalty in Egypt ” called for a presidential pardon for Wāʾil Saʿad Tawāḍrūs to stop the execution issued against him in the case of the murder of Bishop Apīphāniyūs head of the Anbā Abū Maqār Monastery.
Date of source: Sunday, November 24, 2019
On February 1, 2019, I visited the Monastery of St. Makarios with a Dutch church group that made a journey into the spiritual heritage of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Questions were asked and we visited the bookstore of the monastery where we bought several translated publications of Father Matta al...
Date of source: Tuesday, September 25, 2018
The time limit granted to unrecognized monastic entities by the Monastic Affairs Committee of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church, headed by His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of St. Mark, has expired. However, these entities have not fulfilled the conditions of...
Date of source: Sunday, June 1, 2014 to Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Date of source: Saturday, April 5, 2014
The discussion about the electoral law for the papal election in the Coptic Orthodox Church has been raging for many decades since 1957. When Pope Yusab II passed away, leading members of the Sunday School Movement, a reform movement in the church, entered monastic life and presented themselves as...
Date of source: Saturday, September 11, 2010
Workers at the Local and Environmental Unit at Yūsuf Al-Seddeek Center launched recriminations at monks from the Abba Makarious Monastery because the monks allegedly attempted to build illegally on a nature reserve belonging to UNESCO. The monks accused the workers of preventing them from building...
Date of source: Friday, September 10, 2010
Altercations occurred between workers at the local and environmental unit at Yūsuf Al-Seddeek Center and monks from the Abba Makarious Monastery after the monks attempted to illegally build on a nature reserve near the monastery. The Head of Faiyum Security was forced to interfere and later senior...
Date of source: Sunday, August 30, 2009
This article reports on the pope’s fourth visit to St Macarius Monastery since its abbot’s resignation.
Date of source: Sunday, April 26, 2009
Ever since the abbot of St Macarius Monastery resigned there have been debates over who will succeed him and whether it will be someone from within the monastery or someone from outside.
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