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Date of source: Sunday, May 2, 2021
Since the Second World War churches have made tremendous efforts to strive towards more unity. At the same time, we see national and church politics often getting in the way. In this example about church division from Egypt, it is not about dogmatic differences but about the long-term effects of (...
Date of source: Wednesday, May 5, 2021
Members of the Episcopal Church of Egypt were called to come to the All Saints Cathedral for an extra-ordinary church meeting that was carefully designed to result in a call for a letter to President Abdelfattah al-Sisi [ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ al-Sīsī] to recognize the Anglican Diocese of Egypt as an...
Date of source: Sunday, May 2, 2021
Sermon given by Prof. Dr. Mike Reimer, teaching at the Department of History, American University in Cairo (AUC), on Orthodox Good Friday April 30, 2021, in the Anglican St. John the Baptist Church in Maadi, Cairo. This was typically the sermon of a historian. The sermon is based on the Gospel...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Tomorrow marks the eighth anniversary of the founding of the Egyptian Council of Churches (ECC), which was established on February 18, 2013, by the heads and members of the Egyptian churches. The idea for the council came after Egyptian churches participated in meetings held by the Middle Eastern...
Date of source: Wednesday, February 17, 2021
February 15, 2015, still and will always remain a vivid memory for every Egyptian, especially Christians. On this day, ISIS broadcasted a video clip of the slaughter of the kidnapped 20 Egyptian Copts at the hands of terrorism in Libya. President ʿAbd al-Fatāh al-Sīsī’s response was extremely firm...
Date of source: Monday, December 7, 2020
Dr. Munīr Ḥannā, bishop of the Episcopal Church for the Alexandria region, condemned the Zionist, terrorist attempt to burn down the Church of All Nations [Church of Gethsemane] in Jerusalem.
Date of source: Sunday, November 22, 2020
Dr. Munīr Ḥannā, bishop of the Episcopal-Anglican Church for the Alexandria region, participated in a mass commemorating the anniversary of the Armenian genocide. The mass was headed by Rev. Krikor-Okosdinos Coussa, bishop for the Armenian Catholic Church, at the Armenian Catholic Church of St....
Date of source: Saturday, October 31, 2020
The draft of a law for Christian families in Egypt has again resulted in disagreements between churches, which were conveyed in notes sent to the government.
Date of source: Monday, September 7, 2020
Dr. Munīr Ḥannā, bishop of the Anglican Episcopalian Church for Alexandria, held his first mass in Arabic at the All Saints’ Cathedral in Zamalek [al-Zamālik] after the government allowed churches to resume in person church services in light of the Coronavirus precautionary measures.
Church leaders send Eid al-Fitr greetings to leaders of Egyptian government and Islamic institutions
Date of source: Friday, May 22, 2020
Church leaders in Egypt wished various leaders of the Egyptian government and Islamic institutions a happy Eid al-Fitr [ʿĪd al-Fiṭr] holiday.
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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.