Date of source: Monday, September 27, 1999
The Assiut criminal court sentenced the murderers of father Aghnatios of Deir el-Muharraq with seven years of imprisonment with hard labor.
Date of source: Sunday, September 26, 1999
The paper claims father Besada Iscaros was shot at by a mentally disturbed person. Priests from Dairut, however, told the RNSAW that they believe the man was an ’Islamic fundamentalist’ who had attacked the priest only because he was a priest.
Date of source: Sunday, September 19, 1999
The truth should be known but the situation in Egypt remaining fixed in non-transparency resulting in public mistrust of whatever comes from the official mass media sources in their country. Thus we loose our trustworthiness, and in addition we contribute in the creation of an environment conducive...
Date of source: Sunday, September 12, 1999
The repairing and renewing of the Church of the Virgin in Haret Zuweila, which was founded six centuries before the city of Cairo, will cost more than 28 million [Egyptian] pounds. The Holy Family is said to have passed the location of this church in their journey in Egypt.
Date of source: Thursday, September 9, 1999
Egypt has lost one of its greatest patriotic intellects, Dr. William Suleiman Qilada who has enriched civil law and political thinking by several valuable studies. Dr. Qilada published several books in the area of national unity, citizenship, accepting the "other" and civil law. His latest book...
Date of source: Thursday, September 9, 1999
Bishop Sawirus, bishop and head of Deir Al-Muharraq writing to Watany newspaper explains the monastery’s policy on evictions of tenants from land belonging to it, and presents evidence that suggests that the murderers of the monk did not do so because he was allegedly going to evict them. In fact,...
Date of source: Sunday, September 5, 1999
Last Thursday at five o’clock, the funeral for the monk Aghnatious of the Monastery of al-Muharaq was held.
Date of source: Sunday, August 29, 1999
President Mubarak stated that he will not hesitate to further any changes that will strengthen the participation of civil society in developing the country. We should neither under-estimate this opportunity, nor should we look down cynically on ourselves, because we may think that we alone cannot...
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The question for the next century is ’who is the number one in the area, Egypt or Israel?’ In order to remain the strongest country in the region Israel stimulates tensions with different minorities in the region, including Copts.
Date of source: Sunday, August 22, 1999
The Holy Family had a unique journey in which they passed through almost all Egypt. Dr. Mohammed Abdel Maqsud, the general manger of Sinai and East Delta monuments said that the Holy Family has stopped in many places. The most important places were in Sinai. Concerning the preparations for the...