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A new book, The Secrets of Judas: The Story of the Misunderstood Disciple and His Gospel (Harper, San Francisco, 2006) examines the Judas event from biblical, historical and Gnostic perspectives and exposes the recent media hype about the betrayal story as altered in the Gnostic text known as “The...
The article tackles the discovery of some important old Coptic manuscripts including one about the Gospel of Judas, which, the author says, is part of a valuable treasure in the Egyptian heritage.
Two reportedly missing Coptic girls, Mary As‘ad Jirjis and Marcelle Samou’īl Qiddīs of Naj‘ Hammādī have been recently found at the house of Karīma al-Sayyid Muhammad who informed the police of the girls’ presence after reading about their disappearance in the newspapers.
The Orthodox Cathedral in ‘Abbāsīya suffers from a real crisis because of the problems between Pope Shenouda III and his parishioners all over the country…. Many struggles are coming into light recently because of some bishops’ violations of Orthodox teachings….
In a muffled battle, some books with various names are introduced as new gospels. Other books are released soon after to refute the authenticity of these gospels. The latest of these books carries the name “The Didache Gospel." The author of the book about this gospel, Dr. Ahmed Hegazi Al-Saqa,...
German expert Rudolph Sindler, who is working in an engineering project in Upper Egypt, converted to Islam and married an Egyptian. He said he converted to Islam because of its tolerance and mercy. See also art. 27.
The author makes some comments on Gnostic scriptures stressing the difference between them and scriptures accredited by the Church.
A special version of the book containing the Gnostic scriptures was released in the United States in English, translated from Coptic in 1977. Later a public version was released in 1981 under the name of “Nag Hammadi library.” The book contains 47 pieces including a paper by Plato. The...
A symposium organized by Watanī newspaper, at the Qinā governorate city of Najc Hammādī, called for the reinforcement to the core of citizenship by encouraging co-existence, creation of common shared activities that would serve to bring together all Egyptians and requiring youth to practice their...
A Presidential decree removed from the governors their right to make decisions on renovation or restoration requests, for places of worship, giving this right to the relevant authorities within the governorates instead. The governor of Assiut sent letters to the relevant authorities within the...

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