Date of source: Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Anba Bīshūy, or Makram Iskandar Niqūlā, the 76-year-old Metropolitan Bishop of Damietta, Kafr al-Shaykh and al-Brārī, died of a heart attack early in the morning on Wednesday.
Pope Tawāḍrūs II mourned the Coptic Orthodox Bishop Bīshūy, and the funeral prayers will be held at Monastery of Saint...
Date of source: Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III is often praised, in particular by his own followers, for his ecumenical stances. The reality is, however, somewhat different, as the decisions of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod show. All synod meetings were presided over by Pope Shenouda, a strong and charismatic...
Date of source: Friday, July 22, 2011
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It has been reported that Rev. Ikrām Lam'ī, Director of the Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo, may be purchasing the foundation of St. Athanasius Church, started by Father Max Michel Hannā (Maximus).
Date of source: Saturday, April 30, 2011
Max Michel Hanna, a Coptic bishop who founded the St. Athanasius Church separately from the Coptic Orthodox Church, demands the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) to recognize his legitimacy and his new church as an independent one.
Date of source: Wednesday, December 22, 2010
This article is critical of the attitude of the Coptic Orthodox Church and Pope Shenouda III regarding various issues.
"Until ten years ago, the church was stable and able to create equilibrium in the arena of events, whether these were between the Church and the state or between Christians and...
Date of source: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The Coptic Church has through its bishops and priests warned Copts in the south of Egypt regarding attempts by Max Michel Hannā to influence them, according to a church source who refused to be named.
This follows information that Hannā, also known as Maximus I, had dispatched a number of his...
Date of source: Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Bishop Max Michel Maximus issued a statement criticizing Bishop Bīshūy’s recent controversial statements. He said that Bīshūy’s views on Islam are merely his own and not the Bible’s because only those who act like Christ can talk on behalf of Christianity. Najīb Jabrā‘īl announced a conference to...
Date of source: Thursday, May 20, 2010
This article mentions a few things concerning Archbishop Maximus; namely his 3 month trip to the United States, and the temporary closing of his TV station.
Date of source: Thursday, January 7, 2010
Copts celebrate Christmas in Egypt, and in Switzerland they offer their condolences to the family of ‘Adlī Abādīr. In between, Max Michel announces Christmas surprises.
Date of source: Monday, February 1, 2010
Father ‘Abd al-Masīh Basīt of the Coptic Orthodox Church criticizes Max Michel’s proposal to establish an institute for Islamic studies in collaboration with the Azhar to teach Christians Islamic studies.