Date of source: الاثنين, آذار (مارس) 12, 2012
A state of disgruntlement was sparked among a number of Coptic Orthodox bishops who were absent from last week’s meeting at the Saint Mark Cathedral to discuss names of possible presidential hopefuls and others to represent the church in the constitutional assembly, according to a source inside the...
Date of source: الأحد, شباط (فبراير) 12, 2012
One year after the downfall of Husnī Mubārak's regime the issue of Muslim-Coptic relations and their institutions' reactions to the political changes is raised in articles by Rānia Rabī' and Ahmad 'Abdel Halīm published by al-Shurūq al-Jadīd Newspaper [Reviewer's Note: you can find that article...
Date of source: الاثنين, شباط (فبراير) 13, 2012
Bishop Bīshūy, Secretary of the Coptic Orthodox Church’s Holy Synod, called for establishing a council for Egyptian churches to be tasked with negotiating with the new regime to achieve Copts’ demands, stressing unity of Christian denominations to seek solutions for Coptic problems, including the...
Date of source: الاثنين, تشرين اﻷول (أكتوبر) 10, 2011
On October 10, 2011 at the Coptic Orthodox Papal See, Bishop Yu'annis, Secretary of Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III and the General Bishop, read the statement in the funeral of Copts who died during the protest in Maspero demonstrating for the Aswan church attach.
Date of source: الاثنين, آيار (مايو) 9, 2011
Muhammad al-Bāz writes that last Friday, April 29, 2011, information was leaked that Kāmīliyā Shihātah was moved to Saint Dimyana Monastery in al-Dakahlia governorate, the monastery that Bishop Bīshūy lives in.
Bāz added that Bishop Bīshūy was the one who moved her and vowed that the Pope will...
Date of source: الجمعة, آب (اغسطس) 27, 2010
Thousands of Muslims and Christians participate in the festival of St. George in Dakahlia governorate.
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 12, 2011
Sawt al-Ummah newspaper quoted a Coptic activist Būlus Ramzī said militias known as the Theban Legion led by Archpriest Mattias Nasr Manqarius and Copts for Egypt Movement led by Hānī 'Azīz are roaming the streets and attempt to assault some mosques.
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 6, 2011
Diana Māhir Ghālī provides a recap of the Thursday opinion pieces dealing with the Alexandria New Year's day church bombing investigation...
Date of source: الجمعة, كانون اﻷول (ديسمبر) 31, 2010
Hānī Labīb comments about a question that was asked by Al-Dustūr to Coptic intellectual Rafīq Habīb.
The question dealt with why Muslims do not have a pope that inspires them religiously and serves as a politcal leader. Dr. Habīb replied that, unlike Coptic priests, Islamic scholars fall under the...