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HOW BISHOPS CAN ERR IN NON-RELIGIOUS MATTERS: THE LATE SAINTLY BISHOP LUCAS...
Bishop Lucas of Manfalut and Abnub (1930 – 1965) was a great bishop who led a saintly life. His memory is kept to this day by Copts as miracle-maker; and many visit his preserved body at the Church of...
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NOW SIRTE IN LIBYA IS LIBERATED FROM THE FILTH OF ISIS, THE REMAINS OF THE 21...
This week, Sirte, the Libyan city on the Mediterranean Coast, has been liberated from ISIS. In Sirte, February 2015, the terrorists of the Islamic State executed mercilessly 20 Copts and 1 Ghanian...
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THE ENGLISH WRITER KINGLAKE, THE SPHINX AND THE BEAUTY OF COPTIC GIRLS
The Sphinx: A painting by Lydia Ethel Painter[1] Alexander William Kinglake (1809 – 1891) was an English travel writer, historian and politician. In 1844 his book Eothen; or Traces of Travel...
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WAS THE PARTICIPATION OF THE COPTS IN THE 1919 REVOLUTION A MATTER OF...
The Copts joined the Muslims in the 1919 Revolution against British Rule Major C. S. Jarvis, or Claude Scudamore Jarvis, (1879 – 1953), was a British Arabist and colonial governor in Egypt (he was...
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SALAMA MOUSSA’S CAREER WAS A PARADIGM FOR THE COPTIC COMMUNITY: MOVING ON...
Salama Moussa (1887 – 1958) Many err in their perception of Salama Moussa, the great Coptic writer from the twentieth century (1887 – 1958): they see him as the ultimate socialist, who showed no...
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THE 12TH OF DECEMBER MUST BE REMEMBERED BY THE COPTS EVERY YEAR AS THEIR...
On the 12th of December we remember the day Arab army touched the sacred land of Egypt, as Amr ibn al-As, the Arab leader, arrived in Arish, the most north-eastern Egyptian city in Sinai. This day is...
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BOHAIRIC/SAHIDIC COPTIC-ARABIC DICTIONARY BY MU’AWAD DAUOD ABDAL NOUR
Mu’awad Dauod Abdal Nour Possibly, the most comprehensive available Coptic-Arabic dictionary is Dictionary of the Coptic Language in Bohairic and Sahidic Dialects, compiled and arranged by the Coptic...
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ANBA MOUSSA’S SHAMEFUL RESPONSE TO THE ISLAMIC TERROR AGAINST THE COPTS TODAY
Today, the whole world watched with horror the images of the Coptic Christian women and children who were massacred by the coward Islamists in the Butrusiyya Church, in Abasiyya, Cairo. Everyone, with...
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TODAY WE REMEMBER THE 12TH OF DECEMBER 639 AD WHEN ARAB OCCUPATION OF EGYPT...
The Eye of Horus crying blood for our negligence and the crimes we have allowed by being passive against Ximi, our people and Church Today is the 12th of December, the day we remember the Arab...
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YA’AGUB BEY NAKHLA ROFEILAH, FIRST COPTIC HISTORIAN IN OUR MODERN AGE
Ya’agub Bey Nakhla Rofeilah (1847 – 1905) Ya’agub Bey Nakhla Rofeilah (1847 – 1905) was born in Cairo during the patriarchate of Pope Butrus (Peter) VII (1809 – 1852), and lived during the...
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THE DEFYING CROSS ON THE RIGHT WRISTS OF THE COPTS
I have written about this before, the Copts are a nation defined by defiance – a nation that is obstinate, strong and courageous. No nation perhaps has endured oppression, persecution and...
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21 COPTIC LIONS, BY THE AUSTRALIAN GOSPEL SINGER ANDREA FRANCES
Andrea Frances is an Australian songwriter and singer from Perth. Her music genre is Australian Melodic Indi-Folk, and it includes Gospel. On 2 October she released her newest song, and it is about...
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THE COPTIC LANGUAGE DAY SHOULD BE SAME AS SAINT SAMUEL OF KALAMOUN’S FEAST...
In our article on 11 August 2015, there was a mistake in reading St. Samuel of Kalamoun feast day, who we could call Father of the Coptic Language, and, consequently, the date of the proposed Coptic...
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THE CHURCH OF ABU SYFAIN IN OLD CAIRO BY COLONEL GOFF
Robert Charles Goff (1837 – 1922) was a British colonel and an artist, who visited Egypt in 1898. He has a few works from Cairo. I cannot find a Coptic work by him except one, and its location at...
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COPTIC COCKS AND HUNTING DOGS
This beautiful woven textile from Coptic Egypt dated to the 4th-6th centuries is kept at Met Museum, New York. Its exact provenance is unknown, but probably from Akhmim. It is wool and linen; and...
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THE RED MONASTERY CHURCH BEAUTY AND ASCETICISM IN UPPER EGYPT BY ELIZABETH...
On 7 June 2016, Elizabeth Bolman’s book, The Red Monastery Church Beauty and Asceticism in Upper Egypt appeared; published by Yale University Press. Elizabeth S. Bolman is professor of art history at...
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THE REAL TEST TO REVIVAL OF COPTIC IS PRODUCTION OF MODERN LITERATURE
Revival Coptic to some means the ability to pray in Coptic, sing hymns in Coptic, and read Coptic religious scripture in Coptic. To them, the purpose of revival of Coptic lies with the religious. While...
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HOW THE COPS PRAYED? THE ORANS POSITION
Recently, Christie’s sold a Coptic textile fragment from the c. 5th/6th century AD. It is 38 cm by 31.7 cm; and it fetched a price of $8,750. It is an unusual fragment. It depicts a Coptic man...
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COPTIC DEATH AND AFTERLIFE 9: EARLY EVIDENCE OF AMENTE FROM THE THIRD CENTURY
Drawing by an unknown artist, showing Christ, The Virgin, saints and angels overlooking the souls in Amente: the angels cool the thirst of some while souls that have been purified by fire are being...
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COPTIC DEATH AND AFTERLIFE 10: THE SOUL DOES NOT DIE WITH THE BODY TO BE...
“The Death of the Good Old Man” on the right, and “The Death of the Strong Wicked Man”, on the left Etchings by Luigi (Louis) Schiavonetti (1765 – 1810), an Italian artist, after illustrations by...
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