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Date of source: Wednesday, January 4, 2012
The church’s insistence on the invitations it has sent to SCAF members and Islamists on one hand and calls by the opposition to stage protests off the cathedral on January 5-8 on the other are putting both sides on the horns of a dilemma, reads an opinion article in al-Ahrām daily.
Many Coptic...
Date of source: Friday, April 29, 2016
Pope Tawadros II, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Diocese of St. Mark, will preside over the Mass of the Easter Feast tomorrow evening. The Pope will also welcome the guests congratulating his Holiness after tomorrow at the papal Seat of the Cathedral of St. Mark, al-ʿAbbasiyah.
Date of source: Thursday, December 29, 2011
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III ordered Archpriest Sergius Sergius, deputy of the patriarchate for administrative affairs, to send Coptic Orthodox Christmas Mass invitations to all political parties including the Salafī ones like al-Asālah (Authenticity), al-Fadīlah (Virtue) and al-Nūr (Light) as...
Date of source: Thursday, May 2, 2013
A Church source said that the Church does not expect President Mursī to come to Easter Mass at Saint Mark Cathedral. The source confirmed that the Pope will lead the prayer at the Cathedral next Friday and will lead Easter Mass. Archbishop Sergius Sergius, Deputy of the Patriarchate for...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 30, 2013
A number of Coptic activists lunched a campaign on the social-networking website “Facebook” under the slogan “no for inviting killers to the Cathedral” and that to demand from the church not to invite President Mursī, Prime Minister Hishām Qandīl and speaker of the Shūrá Council Ahmad Fahmī to the...
Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2013
On Friday, Apr. 26, Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawāḍrūs II received the Grand Shaykh of al-Azhar Aḥmad al-Ṭayyib together with an Azhar delegation who came to congratulate the Pope for the feast of Easter. Pope Tawāḍrūs explained that as long as the Church and Azhar continue to have good relations, Egypt...
Date of source: Sunday, April 28, 2013
A number of Coptic activists have started a campaign on social networking sites titled, “No to inviting the killers to the Cathedral”. The campaign was launched in order to demand that the Church reconsider inviting President Muḥammad Mursī, Prime Minister Hishām Qandīl, and speaker of the Shūrā...
Date of source: Friday, April 26, 2013
Dr. Khālid Saʿīd, official Salafī front spokesman, said that is not permissible for Muslims to greet non-Muslims on their feasts, and demanded that President Muḥammad Mursī poll associations of leading academics from the Azhar on responding to the invitation to Easter Mass. Saʿīd emphasized that...
Date of source: Friday, April 26, 2013
The Minister of Interior, Muḥammad Ibrāhīm, said that the Cathedral incident aimed to drive a wedge between the Church and the police. Ibrāhīm, members of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), and the UAE ambassador to Egypt, offered their condolences to Pope Tawāḍrūs on Wednesday night (...
Date of source: Friday, April 26, 2013
The Coptic Orthodox Church has begun preparing for Easter celebrations amid concerns surrounding the invitation of government officials to attend the celebrations in the light of recent attacks upon the Church. Archbishop Sergius Sergius, Deputy of the Patriarchate for Administrative Affairs, 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.