Date of source: Saturday, August 10, 2019
On the seventh of August of each year, the Coptic Orthodox Church begins the fasting of the Virgin Mary (lent), lasting for 15 days, during this period daily prayers and liturgy along with the spiritual revival are held in the evening, where priests and bishops give various spiritual words...
Date of source: Tuesday, April 2, 2019
On Tuesday the Coptic Orthodox Church celebrated the 51th anniversary of the Virgin Mary's appearance, according to Christian belief, on the domes of the church that bears her name in the al-Zaytūn area of Cairo.
Date of source: Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Counselor Walīd Mas’ūd, head Burj al-‘Arab Prosecution Office, has ordered that the individual suspected of having killed five people in Alexandria be remanded under custody pending investigation. The suspect claims he was taking vengeance for their mistreatment of him (Shīrīn Tāhir, al-Wafd, Feb....
Date of source: Tuesday, May 8, 2018
On the Evening of Tuesday, the 2nd of April, 1968, the Virgin Mary began to appear in luminous scenes over domes of St. Mary church at al-Zaytūn, north of Cairo. Since that night, thousands of people pilgrim every night to Ṭumān Bāy Street at al-Zaytūn, heading to the small church that has been...
Date of source: Tuesday, June 13, 2017
“Hunger has no religion” is the motto of those who offer the charity table, or mā`idat al-rahmān, in Egypt, for iftār during the fasting month of Ramadan for the poor and needy among Muslims who are unable to provide for themselves and for their families.
The Egyptian society is familiar with these...
Date of source: Saturday, January 16, 2016
The Cairo Criminal Court will complete the trial of the deposed President Muhammad Morsi and 24 other defendants in an indictment of insulting the judiciary.
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The interview with Mukhtār Nūh, a lawyer and a leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood, revolves around questions related to religious freedom in Egypt including possible application of Islamic Sharīʿa, the rights of Christian minorities, and the possible response to conversion from...
Date of source: Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Coptic Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria, Pope II received Dr. Isma`īl Serāg Al-Dīn, Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), and Dr. Yehīa Halīm, Advisor to the BA Director.
Date of source: Monday, May 20, 2013
Repeatedly we hear of reports that Muslims are attacking Christians. One such recent report is a clash in Alexandria in which one Christian died from a heart attack. “A fight started between two young men, one Copt and the other Muslim, when the Copt allegedly sexually harassed the latter's sister...
Date of source: Sunday, September 16, 2012
Christian denominations warned of the loss of the Egyptian people's right to express their anger towards the "Innocence of Muslims," a film discrediting the Prophet Muhammad, because of the violent acts that erupted around the United States Embassy in Cairo.