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Date of source: Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Over the last two decades, the Coptic Orthodox Church has expressed its opposition to several films and television shows, both domestic and international, resulting in the cancellation of some of these works and censorship of others. The reasons for the church’s disapproval vary.
Date of source: Monday, June 8, 2020
On Monday, the Monastery of St. Macarius [Abū Maqār] in Wādī al-Naṭrūn commemorates the 14th anniversary of the death of Father Mattā al-Miskīn. Father Mattā al-Miskīn was born in 1919 in Banhā with the name Yūssuf Iskandar. He was from a rich family and graduated from pharmacy school in 1943 and...
Date of source: Friday, August 10, 2018
Following what was written about the assassination of Bishop Epiphanius, the abbot of the St. Makarius Monastery on one hand, and what is happening in the corridors of that monastery on the other, some important remarks can be made, although there are to now no official information disclosed:
Date of source: Wednesday, March 12, 2014
In a historic visit, Pope Tawadros visited the Monastery of Anba Makar [Also known as St. Macarios].
Date of source: Thursday, August 9, 2018
Nārīmān Fawzī begins this article by recalling a horrific scene that took place inside a monastary in Egypt. On July 29, an unprecedented and heinous murder occurred in the St. Makarius the Great Monastery or best known as Deir Anba Maqār in al-Bihīra. Here, the local abbot, Bishop Epiphaniyūs,...
Date of source: Friday, August 17, 2018
In his column this week, the journalist and writer ʿImād al-Dīn Ḥusayn tackles the reformation path of the Coptic Orthodox Church under the ministry of Pope Tawāḍrūs II:
The aftermath of Bishop Epiphaniyūs’ murder, the abbot of The Monastery of Saint Makarius in Wādī al-Naṭrūn, many people believe...
Date of source: Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The article tackles the decision taken by Pope Shenouda regarding banning two books of Father Mattá al-Maskīn from Orthodox churches.
Date of source: Sunday, July 4, 2010
كانت ولا تزال بعض مؤلفات الأب متى المسكين زوبعة تثار عند الاقتضاء على الرغم من ان هناك مئات بل الوف الالوف الذين درسوا لكتب الاب متى المسكين في مصر والمهجر وهؤلاء هم قضاة التاريخ
Date of source: Sunday, April 26, 2009
Ever since the abbot of St Macarius Monastery resigned there have been debates over who will succeed him and whether it will be someone from within the monastery or someone from outside.
Date of source: Monday, June 28, 2004
Watson, who knows Pope Shenouda and many of the Bishops mentioned in the book well, closes his review with Hasan’s words: “It is doubtful that the Copts have made much headway, in their century-long tortuously slow trajectory toward citizenship with equal rights. This statement becomes truer if one...
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