Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 9, 1999
Concerning the monk who held a prayer over the body of Priest Ibrahim Abdel Sayyed, Father Bishoi said that the Coptic Church was not sure whether Aghathon, the monk, prayed over the body or not. If the Church proved that, then this monk should be punished.
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 9, 1999
The wife of Father Ibrahim Abdel Sayyed and all the family of the priest are asking: Is it possible to ask Pope Shenouda to forgive this family which has no enmity towards the church, and allow to hold the fortieth-day prayer which the members of the family will participate in, in order to forget...
Date of source: السبت, تموز (يوليو) 10, 1999 to الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 16, 1999
The RNSAW gave a summary of both Rose el-Yousef articles in RNSAW, week 28, edition July 9-15, 1999. Since several readers asked for the full text that text is given in this issue together with comments from Evangelical Egyptian church leaders.
Wa’el Lotfi writes about the opposition of Egypt’s...
Date of source: الجمعة, حزيران (يونيو) 4, 1999
[Note: The same news was published in all Egyptian newspapers of that day.]
On the morning of June 3, President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak received the Grand Imam Dr. Mohammed Sayyed Tantawi the Sheikh Al-Azhar, and 19 prominent muslim clerics at the Presidential Palace in Heliopolis yesterday morning...
Date of source: السبت, آيار (مايو) 8, 1999
And the same subject (& article) in the English-speaking press.
Date of source: الجمعة, آيار (مايو) 7, 1999
An Arabic newspaper looks at "rebel monks", their activities and accusations, and the response of the leadership (including Pope Shenouda III) to their charges.
Date of source: السبت, نيسان (أبريل) 10, 1999 to الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 16, 1999
Following the spread of the rumor of appearances of the Virgin Mary at the Coptic Orthodox Church in Al-Minya Al-Qamh, Al-Sharqeyya Governorate, Pope Shenouda called for an investigation. The committee concluded that there have not been appearances.
Date of source: الخميس, نيسان (أبريل) 8, 1999 to الأربعاء, نيسان (أبريل) 14, 1999
Copts prepare to celebrate Easter next Sunday [11 April 1999], and Egypt’s monasteries are making ready. It is the desert fathers who caused the monastic movement to bloom worldwide, and it is their spiritual heirs who continue to take the vows today.."
Date of source: الاثنين, نيسان (أبريل) 5, 1999
Pope Shenouda formed a facts-finding committee concerning the rumors of the appearance of the Virgin Mary in the Church of Saint Mena in Minia Al-Qamh. The committee came to the conclusion that what is said about the appearance of Saint Mary is not true.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 28, 1999
The Coptic Pope Shenouda III issued a decree to form a facts-finding committee to investigate the news about appearances of the Virgin Mary at the Coptic Church in Minya Al-Qamh, Al-Sharqiyya Governorate.