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Date of source: Friday, January 3, 2020
The Protestant Church of Egypt not only plays an important spiritual role for the Protestant Christian community but also makes social contributions to the entire Egyptian society, independent of skin colour, gender and religion.
Since his assumption of the position of president of the Protestant...
Date of source: Tuesday, November 5, 2019
Today, for the first time in Egypt, Pope Tawāḍrūs II inaugurated the conference of Lausanne Dialogue Initiative with the Orthodox churches. The conference will continue for 4 days and will be also attended by Archbishop Angaelos [Anjīlūs], bishop for the Coptic Orthodox Church in London, and Mrs....
Date of source: Sunday, September 8, 2019
Rev. Munīr Ḥannā, Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of Egypt, said that although the church appreciates the role of women in serving the organization, it continues to oppose the ordination of women in the Diocese of Egypt, North Africa, and the Horn of Africa, which is part of the Jerusalem and...
Date of source: Thursday, September 12, 2019
Dr. Rev. Andriyya Zakī, President of the Evangelical Church in Egypt and the General Director of the Coptic-Evangelical Organization for Social Services, or CEOSS, met on Thursday with the General Secretary of the World Student Christian Federation, Mīrā George Na‘īma and Joint Secretary of the...
Date of source: Thursday, August 15, 2019
His Holiness Pope Tawāḍrūs II said during his meeting with secretaries of the churches of Alexandria, that the issue of the unification of Christmas has not been raised to the Holy Synod and was not discussed.
Date of source: Friday, July 12, 2019
The Church has always defended Egypt and defended its soil, and supported it in times of adversity and tribulations, as evidenced by history and the most prominent evidence of the rejection of Pope Buṭrus al-Jāwlī, the Russian protection of the Copts during the reign of Muḥammad ʿAlī on the...
Date of source: Saturday, April 13, 2019
After 57 years of demands by the Coptic Orthodox Church to the state for the adoption of a unified personal status law, the Christian communities finally agreed on a draft law, to solve the Coptic crisis of “divorce and the second marriage.”
Date of source: Friday, April 12, 2019
The Official Spokesperson of the Coptic Catholic Church Hanī Bakhūm revealed the details of the meeting held by the leaders of the Christian denominations in the Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral of ‘Abbassīa attended by the legal advisers of all the denominations to reach a unified draft for...
Date of source: Friday, April 12, 2019
Yesterday, the leaders of the Orthodox, Catholic, Evangelical and Episcopal churches met at the Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in al-‘Abbasīa with the legal advisors for discussing the articles of the new Personal Status Law for Egypt’s Christians.
Date of source: Saturday, April 13, 2019
In a special interview with Ṣada al-Balad, the Secretary-General of the Egyptian Council of Churches (ECC) Father Bùlus Jaras said that his primary job in the ECC is coordination and that it is run by the heads of churches.
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Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.