Date of source: Thursday, July 4, 2019
There are many treasures buried in the streets of Cairo and we pass by them daily but they do not attract our attention, in other words we do not pay attention to them. In one of the popular areas, a building contains a precious gift lying in the land of Egypt.
The Church of the League of Jerusalem...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 17, 2019
In the aftermath of the 1973 Arab-Israeli war and the peace negotiations which followed from 1977 to 1979, and under measures to bring about peace between Egypt and Israel, the late President Anwar al-Sādāt asked Pope Shinūda III that Christians visit Jerusalem. However, Pope Shinūda refused to do...
Date of source: Sunday, February 25, 2018
Karīm Kamāl, president of the ‘Union of Copts for the Homeland’, praised the decision of Theophilus III, the Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine and Jordan, of closing the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in protest against Israeli practices, describing it...
Date of source: Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Israeli media reported that the Jerusalem City Council approved a budget allocation of 700,000 shekels for the restoration of a balcony in the Dayr al-Sulṭān church in Jerusalem. The site was closed by authorities after one of the stones fell from the balcony of the church.
Date of source: Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Bishop Antony [Anṭūniyyūs], Archbishop of the Holy Land and the Near East, said that the crisis of Deir al-Sultan [Dayr al-Sulṭān] is to end soon, after having witnessed Israeli aggressions and abuses against the monks of the monastery.
Date of source: Thursday, November 1, 2018
Recently the General Congregation Council of the Coptic Orthodox Church [al-Majlis al-Milli] has resurfaced after Pope Tawāḍrūs II met with its members for discussing the attack on al-Sulṭān Monastery [Dayr al-Sulṭān] that took place last Sunday. Before the meeting, the Council issued a statement...
Date of source: Thursday, November 22, 2018
The Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt issued a statement concerning the Deir al-Sultan Monastery [Dayr al-Sulṭān] in which she confirms her good relations with churches of other denominations worldwide. The church further explained the historical background of Dayr al-Sulṭān in Jerusalem, saying: “...
Date of source: Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Women dressed in black, with hijāb over their heads and others with crosses in their necklaces have shown solidarity with the loss of Nadiah Shihātah Harūn.
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Background:
Dayr al-Sulṭān is a monastery located on top of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, which the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox community claims to be their heritage.
The rest of the tape consists of several interviews with employees of Dutch port business, Slavenburg & Huyser B.V...
Date of source: Wednesday, November 10, 2010
November 20th sees the first appeal hearing in a lawsuit by businessman Nabīl Badī‘ Bishāy, who accuses Carmen Weinstein, the head of the Jewish community in Egypt, of fraud. Weinstein allegedly sold him a building owned by the Jewish community while claiming it to be her own.
Key Words: Carmen...