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Origenes’ interpretation of Saint Paul’s letter to the Romans is expected to be issued for the first time in Arabic in the coming months. The text seems to be promising strong protests and disagreements in the church as many still consider Origenes to be a heretic.
The Abū al-Matāmīr tensions triggered a full-page article in Sawt al-Ummah newspaper claiming that Israel wants to declare a Coptic state in Upper Egypt or Hurghada. Other discussions followed the tensions, some of them very emotional.
Coptic writers and intellectuals present their views on the reasons behind the inability of the Coptic Orthodox church to contain troublesome situations.
Upon detaining 15 priests in Suhāj, and after the problematic discussions of the laymen’s conference, church trials are put in question. Farghalī reports many Copts’ opinions and comments about the matter.
The problems of Copts revealed in the reform conference were not mainly related to the Coptic Orthodox Church; many of the church problems can be attributed to the political and social problems resulted from the duality between the stance of the law and the practices literally applied.
Many Christians are calling for an amendment to the regulations concerning the election of the Coptic Orthodox pope.
The news about the miraculous apparition of the Holy Virgin Mary over the Church of Saint Mark in the southern province of Assiut unleashed controversy about the credibility of such a spiritual phenomena. While many people confirmed that they had seen her, some media reports have shown...
Angry reactions to Pope Benedict’s remarks on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad continued for a second week. Some Muslim figures, including Iranian President Ahmadinejad and Malaysian Prime Minister ‘Abd Allāh Ahmad Badawī, have accepted the pope’s regret at the furious reactions to his remarks...
A few days ago, Father Mattā al-Miskīn [Matthew the poor] passed away at the age of 87, leaving behind a legacy of books on monastic life. In his book, al-Kanīsa wa al-Dawla [The church and the state], Father al -Miskīn warned against sowing sedition between Muslims and Christians in Egypt,...
The author interviews two Christians, Dr. Girgis Kāmil Yousif and Jamāl As‘ad ‘Abd al-Malāk, on the phenomenon of the banning of books inside the Orthodox Church in Egypt.

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