Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 12, 2000
Last week, the committee for following-up the restoration works of the antique churches continued their meetings at the location of the Supreme Council for Antiquities in the Bahri area. The names of those on the committee are given and an overview of the current work being done on Red Sea...
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 12, 2000
Once again, we walk on the path of the Holy Family in order to know more details about the places, which the Holy Family visited in Egypt and what the passing of time has done to these places... Today, we join another series on the monasteries of Wadi Al-Natrun that were established long time ago...
Date of source: الخميس, آذار (مارس) 9, 2000
Dr. Mohammed Emara, the Islamic thinker, explained that the Islamic opening of Egypt gave its people life and saved them from the Byzantine despotism and persecution, and gave back the Copts their freedom and church, after they had been hunted fugitives. He stressed that without Islam there would...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 11, 2000 to الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 17, 2000
This article talks about an extremist sheikh (whose name is not given) who had been very popular. He suddenly disappeared from the public scene after he was implicated in sexual immorality (according to some). However, he is back. This article asks why and how?
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 4, 2000 to الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 10, 2000
In the time that the Egyptians were welcoming the Pope and viewing one of the most beautiful pictures of religious brotherhood, violence and fanaticism took on their worst forms in Israel. In newspapers, on radio and television and on walls in streets in Israel, there were accusations against the...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 4, 2000
A discussion about the significance of the meeting of Pope John Paul II with President Mubarak during the Pope’s recent visit to Egypt.
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 1, 2000
The messages exchanged between the Pope and President Mubarak signified the joint efforts being exercised for a just peace in the area. I perceived the Pope’s meeting with the Grand Imam as a closing of the historical memories of European wars [carried out] in the name of religion. The Pope is...
Date of source: الأربعاء, آذار (مارس) 1, 2000
The Patriarch of Lebanon, Nasrallah Sfeir, is not just a clergyman. He is one of the few effective characters on the Lebanese stage. He is very strict on his attitude towards the Arabic cases, like Jerusalem. He is interviewed here concerning the Roman Catholic Pope’s visit to Egypt.
Date of source: السبت, شباط (فبراير) 26, 2000 to الجمعة, آذار (مارس) 3, 2000
The Monuments and Tourism prosecution service were able to apprehend an antique copy of the Old Testament inside a private car with four suspects (a driver, jeweler, accountant and a merchant) in Shoubra Al-Kheima. The book is an antique and handwritten dating back to the 17th century.
Date of source: الجمعة, شباط (فبراير) 18, 2000
The question that Copts are asking now is whether the meeting of Pope John Paul II with Pope Shenouda will end or at least quicken the ending of the conflict between the Orthodox and the Catholic Churches. The disagreement goes back to more than 1500 years ago. It centers on a main issue, which is...