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Date of source: Monday, November 19, 2007
Tomorrow, Pope Shenouda III will inaugurate the first church in Cairo’s al-Tjamu‘ al-Khāmis suburb and the baptism facility of St. Bula church in Ard al-Gulf in Heliopolis, although doctors have advised him to take complete rest.
Date of source: Saturday, July 7, 2007
The author questions what sources Bishop Bisantī relied on when he revealed the results of a census taken to determine the number of Copts in Egypt, especially since the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics denied authorizing any census of the number of Christians in Egypt.
Date of source: Friday, November 3, 2006
An invitation for a conference about church reform entitled, ‘A Layman Vision on Church Problems.’
Date of source: Thursday, September 16, 1999
For years, clerical and lay members of the Coptic Orthodox Church have criticized the authoritarian ways of Pope Shenouda III. The standard complaints, that he keeps church finances too close to his chest, refuses debate on issues like divorce, and is too quick to throw his opponents out of the...
Date of source: Saturday, September 4, 1999
The body of father Ibrahim Abdel Sayyed, one of the opponents of the church, was moving from one church to another because his family and friends could not find any Orthodox Church that would pray over his body. Ultimately the monk Aghasun, one of the opponents of the church, prayed over the dead...
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Father Dr. Christiaan van Nispen s.j., one of the members of our board of advisors, spoke with Atef Helmy, the author of the article "Fatawi Battles between Christian Denominations" in Rose El-Yousef, February 22-28, 1999 which has been strongly criticized by several Orthodox priests.
Date of source: Monday, February 22, 1999 to Sunday, February 28, 1999
The article is an attack on the Coptic Orthodox refusal to accept the baptism of the Coptic Catholic and Coptic Evangelical churches in Egypt. However, claims are made that Orthodox priests say are factually not true. Some Orthodox priests were consulted and their comments are found in the...
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