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The city of Luxor in southern Egypt has become a paradigm of amity between Muslims and Copts during the holy month of Ramaḍān after Rūmānī Ramzī ʿAjāybī and his son Bīshūy hosted the largest māʾidat al-raḥman (charitable ifṭār) for their Muslims neighbors in Egypt. The father and son provide this...
After Copts have suffered for years in court cases related to the distribution of inheritance shares, Professor Nelly Fam, an attorney of cassation (or appeals), succeeded in implementing the Coptic Orthodox Personal Status Law, with its provisions on inheritance, the entitlement of heirs, and the...
The Media Center of the Catholic Church has called on the Copts of the Diaspora, and all those interested in tourism, to organize trips to celebrate Christmas and New Year's in Luxor, visit the Rams' Road, and follow the steps of the Holy Family’s walk in Egypt.
Social media sites were buzzing with heated discussions after circulating photos of a mosque under construction with pharaonic inscriptions and motifs in a village in al-Fayūm governorate, south of Cairo.
“It is better to die in revenge than to live on in shame” a saying associated with Upper Egypt, where it continues to be increasingly deadly as people stick to their parents and grandparents’ traditions.
The National Council for Women (NCW) launched a campaign whilst celebrating Women’s Day, under the title “Entrepreneurship for Rural Women”, in cooperation with the World Food Program, from March 14th to 20th, in nine governorates. The nine governorates are Aswān, Luxor, Qinā, Suhāj, Asyūṭ, al-...
The association of Opera Romana Pellegrinaggi, the one responsible for promoting religious tourism at the Vatican, has denied all rumors that the Vatican has stopped its trips to Egypt for pilgrimage and for the Holy Family's route when announcing its catalogs for tourism.
Bishop Silwanis, Bishop and Head of St. Anba Bākhūmius Monastery, in the city of Luxor, on Saturday morning, completed the ritual of the ordination of the monks of four monastic students in the monastery, with the participation of Bishop Yūsāb, Bishop of Luxor Diocese.
Bishop Pachomius announced on August 10 the list of 17 candidates for the Coptic Orthodox Patriarch seat. They are seven bishops and ten monks:
The appeal trial of Damyānah ‘Abīd, a Christian teacher from Luxor, who is accused of defamation of Islam and evangelizing among her students in Nag’ al-Shaykh Sultān primary school in southern Luxor, has upheld the misdemeanor of the appellant today, Tuesday (September 3). The appeal was made by...

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