Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 7, 2008
The author reviews a book about the times of imprisonment and persecution that bishops and priests faced during President Anwar al-Sādāt’s era.
Date of source: الأحد, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 5, 2008
Review of the Cairo press in which three controversies are discussed. First, a Fatwá banning serving food or drinks during the day during Ramadan. Second the story of Qistantīn, a priest’s wife who disappeared and supposedly converted to Islam, and now lives in seclusion in a monastery, amid rumors...
Date of source: الخميس, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 2, 2008
An al-Qā‘idahorganizationstatementhas allegedly been released stating that the group will bomb monasteries in Egypt if they are holding Wafā’ Qistantīn against her will.
Date of source: الأحد, أيلول (سبتمبر) 28, 2008
The Coptic Orthodox Church has announced the closure of a number of monasteries until October 14.
Date of source: الأحد, نيسان (أبريل) 27, 2008
The author discusses the tradition of cooking the Chrism Oil in the desert monastery of Anba Bishoi.
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 23, 2007
A group calling itself the “Clergy Group,” has issued publications against leaders of the Coptic Orthodox Church and Pope Shenouda III. It has urged Copts to oust the pope and replace him with the former bishop of Luxor, Bishop Ammonuis.
Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 19, 2007
After five years of imprisonment at Saint Bīshūy Monastery, Bishop Taklā is allegedly suffering from serious health problems. People in Dashnā bishopric in Upper-Egypt expressed their anger at the papal residence in al-‘Abbāsiyyah. They asked to reinstate Bishop Taklā.