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A tribute to Prof. Meinardus, eminent Coptologist, on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Sadly Prof. Meinardus died a few days before his birthday.
The living standards of priests in the past have been an average of the people, which accords well with the Christian value of humbleness. Today, the situation has completely changed. The reason for this change is probably the growing economic power of Copts living in Egypt and the expatriate Copts...
The Coptic Church celebrated last Saturday at the monastery of the great St. Bishoy at Wadi Al-Natroun the Golden Jubilee of the monasticism of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III. The celebration was attended by priests, bishops and members of the Holy Council as well as by the Coptic community. On 18...
Father Basilius of the Monastery of Makarius responds to the articles of Dr. John Watson [week21] and Amīr Mīlād [week 22] about the Wādī al-Rayyān, providing more details, showing the hierarchical structure of the church that does not accept individual monks going their own way.
On March 9, 2004, the Egyptian people in general and the Coptic Orthodox Christians in particular celebrated the 33rd anniversary of the death of Pope Kyrillos VI, 116th Patriarch on the See of Saint Mark. His holy message was based on building individuals spiritually, and he said that the church’s...
The article is an overview of a book titled “Christians versus Muslims in Modern Egypt: The Century-Long Struggle for Coptic Equality” by S. S. Hasan describes herself as a nominal Muslim woman, and agnostic.
The situation became very complicated for Christians who are either seeking divorce or are getting married again after they have secured a court ruling for obtaining a divorce. Now there are about 160,000 cases attempting to deal with this complicated issue.
The Church is celebrating every March 9 the anniversary of the departure of Pope Kirollos VI and the virtuous heritage he left in the Church.
The remains of Mark the Apostle remained in the hands of Egyptian Christians since his martyrdom in his church in Bolka [Alexandria] in 68 AD. The body remained there during the Byzantine rule. During the period of Pope Kyrillos VI, Pope Paul VI agreed to Pope Kyrillos’s demand to return the body...
My father named me Muhammad Najīb after two of his colleagues; Muhammad [a Muslim] and Najīb [a Christian]. I have never regarded people as Muslims and Christians; we are one entity united with love and brotherhood.

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