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Date of source: Wednesday, August 24, 2022
This article provides an overview of the views of Rev. Dr. Andrea Zakī, Coptic Evangelical (Presbyterian) pastor and head of the Protestant Churches of Egypt, based on Arab media reporting as selected and summarized throughout the years by Arab-West Report/Dialogue Across Borders in response to...
Date of source: Sunday, May 30, 2021
After a brief respite, St. Macarius Monastery in Wādī al-Rayyān has once again found its way back into the spotlight after monks woke up to find the Environmental Ministry’s demolition equipment and police working to repossess a thousand acres of the monastery’s land. According to sources, when...
Date of source: Saturday, July 18, 2020
Following testimonies given by several women on social media and investigations into accusations of sexual assault, Bishop Makarios [Makāriyūs], bishop of al-Minyā, decided to strip a priest of his rank.
Date of source: Thursday, August 27, 2020
The Minyā Criminal Court announced that it had referred the case of Suʿād Thābit, otherwise known as the “woman of al-Karam,” for a second time to the appeals court of Banī Suwayf , so it can be reviewed by another circuit.
Date of source: Saturday, July 18, 2020
Amid the ongoing investigation by the prosecutor-general into allegations of rape, sexual harassment and blackmail made by dozens of women and girls against a young man named, Aḥmad Bassām Zakī, a woman belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church in the US had revealed that she fell a victim to sexual...
Date of source: Sunday, March 29, 2020
The official magazine of the Coptic Orthodox Church, al-Kirāzah, announced that it will publish its newest issue online on the magazine’s website as well as through the Church’s social media accounts. This step comes in light of the difficult circumstances Egypt find itself in right now, and the...
Date of source: Thursday, February 27, 2020
British Ambassador Geoffrey Adams, along with his wife, visited the Virgin Monastery, Jabal al-Ṭayr, in Samālūṭ, Minyā governorate. They were received by Rev. Fr. Dāwūd, the secretary of Samālūṭ Archdiocese, Fr. Theophilus [Thāʾūfīlus], and Rev. Fr. Mattā from the ancient Church of the Virgin Mary...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 25, 2019
The Coptic Orthodox Church announced in a statement yesterday the inauguration of Mār Jirjis Church in Abū Qurqāṣ Center, Minya.
Date of source: Thursday, July 11, 2019
Under the patronage and supervision of Archbishop Makāriyyūs, Bishop of Minya and Abū Qurqāṣ, for the second consecutive day, the end of the year's tests are conducted at the Pope Shinūda III Institute for the Study of the Bible in Minya; these tests will continue for a week.
The institute's end-...
Date of source: Wednesday, January 10, 2018
Fādī Yūsuf, founder of the Coalition of Egypt’s Copts (CEC), said that the decision of the State to open churches in 14 governorates is historic and unprecedent; “however, to put this decision into effect is crucial,” the founder of CEC said.
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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.