Date of source: Sunday, July 22, 2007
Bishop Maximus sent a letter to Pope Shenouda asking him to reconcile and to sign a protocol of understanding with him.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 24, 2007
The alleged Patriarch Max Michel changed his policy and sent a letter to Pope Shenouda to gain the pope’s confidence and more time in a religiously and politically lost case.
Date of source: Tuesday, July 17, 2007
The Coptic Orthodox Church rejects a new attempt at reconciliation by Max Michel.
Date of source: Sunday, July 8, 2007
Amīn Fahīm analyzes the crises of the Coptic Orthodox Church and attributed its causes to internal and external factors.
Date of source: Sunday, July 1, 2007
al-Jawhar is the publication issued by Max Michel, who assigned himself head of a new Orthodox denomination; namely Saint Athanasius Church. The eighth page of the publication indicated articles by pastors of the Evangelical Church who seem to have friendly relations with Michel.
Date of source: Thursday, June 7, 2007
Pope Shenouda’s political stances shed negative light on the Coptic Orthodox Church and have helped in the establishment of the Coptic opposition. He is also responsible for the angry reaction of the international community toward Egypt and Islam.
Date of source: Thursday, May 31, 2007
Max Michel, who assigned himself as bishop of Saint Athanasius Church, promoted a lawsuit against the Egyptian president and the minister of interior following their rejections to recognize his new denomination due to Pope Shenouda’s rejection.
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The reaction of Egypt’s Copts regarding the news of St. Athanasius Church was like an earthquake and its epicenter was in al-Muqattam. The three Egyptian Christian denominations refused to acknowledge the church, under the self-styled Orthodox Dr. Maximus Hannā.
Date of source: Sunday, April 29, 2007
The author reviews cases of sectarian incidents in Egypt, and the rumors that frequently accompany the issue.
Date of source: Saturday, April 28, 2007
The second session of the laymen’s conference did no better than the first. The session sparked severe reactions from the church. It called to reword the four Gospels of the New Testament and named the monastic life as “the random system.”