Date of source: Sunday, January 28, 2001
Mina Badi’a Abdel Malik wrote Watani that most of the priests are now preoccupied with architectural, social or medical projects and are not concentrating on their main duty of caring for their flock. The author explained that when the restoration work started in the Hanging Church, he asked the...
Date of source: Sunday, December 24, 2000
The author responded to three questions: - Why did the Patriarchate not issue a statement about the appearance of the Holy Virgin as Pope Kyrillos VI did? - Why did Pope Shenouda invite those who participated in the series of "Awan Al-Ward" to the iftar party he gave, although many Christians are...
Date of source: Sunday, December 17, 2000
Tomorrow, Pope Shenouda will hold an iftar [breaking the fasting of the Ramadan] celebration in the Cathedral in Abassiya. The celebration will be attended by the Prime Minister, the heads of the Peoples Assembly and the Shura Council, the Grand Imam, and the Mufti.
Date of source: Wednesday, November 22, 2000
Rev. Dr. John Watson writes about his memories and relationship with metropolitan Athanasius of Beni Suef. He describes the late bishop as "old fashioned" and "much loved in ecumenical circles, a man of great charm and dignity who respected the world’s 79 million Anglicans in a manner that is rare...
Date of source: Saturday, November 18, 2000
Metropolitan Athanasius of Beni Suef passed away, 77 years old, on November 16 after several years of ill health. The author writes about some of his personal experiences with the bishop who was a man striving for Christian unity and dialogue with Muslims.
Date of source: Tuesday, September 5, 2000
Subtitles:
? Does God accept repentance through the mobile phone?
? Emigrant Copts confess their sins to Pope Shenouda over international telephone lines.
? There are fears that the Coptic telephone line will be exploited for the benefit of the excommunicated.
After putting into action the idea of...
Date of source: Sunday, July 23, 2000
Subtitles: * Sadat ruled him out of the vote for a new Pope and then later gave him three hundred fidans in the desert. * He was the first monk to have a university qualification and Pope Shenouda was one of his followers in the monastery. * He said to me that Sadat’s eyes were red when he got...
Date of source: Monday, June 26, 2000
To the surprise of Egyptian churches and media, the case of Bishop Ammonius became momentous and changed into a real revolution. Christians in Luxor struck in the Orthodox church, at Ma’abad Al-Karnak street (Karnak temple street), demanding the Holy Council to reconsider its decision of depositing...
Date of source: Thursday, March 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: Wednesday, March 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...