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SAINT MARY OF EGYPT (MARIA AEGYPTIACA) AS DEPICTED IN THE GLASS WINDOWS OF...
The historical Notre-Dame de Chartres Cathedral in France Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Chartres (Notre-Dame de Chartres Cathedral) is a medieval Catholic cathedral that is, being a gem of art, listed as a...
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ST. MARY OF EGYPT AS DEPICTED BY EMIL NOLDE, THE FAMOUS GERMAN EXPRESSIONIST
Emil Nolde (1867 – 1956) Emil Nolde (1867 – 1956) was a German-Danish painter of the Die Brücke (The Bridge) art movement of expressionism which appeared in Dresden, Germany, in 1905. The movement...
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SAINT MARY OF EGYPT (MARY AEGYPTIACA) AS DEPICTED IN THE STAINED GLASS...
Auxerre Cathedral, in Auxerre, Burgundy, France. The River Yonne, a tributary of the Seine, appears at the forefront of the picture Cathédrale Saint-Étienne d’Auxerre (Auxerre Cathedral) is a...
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EMANCIPATING OURSELVES FROM ALL ARAB AND MUSLIM CULTURE
Painting by Guirguis Lotfi There is no doubt that the Copts have been influenced by Arab and Muslim culture in many ways to the detriment of their character and identity. It would be unimaginable for...
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ORIGIN OF THE COPTIC MILLET COUNCIL: TRAPPED IN THE WORD “MILLET”
The fool by the Alexandrian artist, Kareem Helmy On 18 February 1856, the European Powers, mainly England and France, managed to extract from Sultan Abdulmejid I of the Ottoman Empire (1839 – 1861)...
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‘REMENKIMI’ DOES NOT ACCURATELY DESCRIBE THE COPTS ANYMORE – COPTS SHOULD...
Please, click on the link for a pdf document. REMENKIMI DOES NOT ACCURATELY DESCRIBE THE COPTS ANYMORE COPTS SHOULD REFER TO THEMSELVES DIFFERENTLY
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THE COPTIC AYOUB SISTERS MISGUIDED
The Coptic Ayoub Sisters, the cellist Sarah (L) and the violinist Laura (R) Sara and Laura, the beautiful and intelligent Ayoub Sisters are Copts. This is their primary cultural identity. Their...
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FLINDERS PETRIE: “EGYPT WILL NEVER BE A CIVILISED LAND TILL IT IS RULED BY...
A woman in the Coptic Quarter in Old Cairo. Photograph by Svetlana I have written previously about Flinders Petrie’s high estimate and trust in the Copts.[1] Petrie (1853 – 1942), the great...
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IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PATRIARCH OF THE ERITREAN ORTHODOX TEWAHEDO CHURCH,...
The third and legitimate Patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Abune Antonios In another move that shames the totalitarian Eritrean government[1] and the collaborating Holy Synod once...
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THE COPTS NEED TO SPECIALISE MORE IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
The Copts need more scholars in humanities and social sciences. We have enough in the natural sciences, formal sciences and applied sciences. Virtually, every university graduate now is a doctor or an...
View ArticleTHE IMPORTANCE OF POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY FOR THE COPTS
The Copts have no political philosophy to guide them. Unlike the Catholics, the Copts have no great political philosophers, who like St. Augustine and Thomas Aquinas, guide them in how human societies...
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INTRODUCING THE ARMENIAN DUDUK MUSIC TO THE COPTS
The Armenian duduk Perhaps no other nation is similar to the Coptic nation than the Armenian nation is. There are great similarities between them in religion (both are non-Chalcedonian Orthodox...
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OUD IS AN ARABIC-ISLAMIC INSTRUMENT OF MUSIC NOT FOR THE COPTS
Sample of the Arab-Egyptian oud The oud (عود), an Arabic-Islamic musical instrument as you should soon see, is discordantly invading our the Coptic musical life, even accompanying our hymns. Listen to...
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THE PREJUDICED OPINION OF KLAUS WESSEL ON THE COPTIC ART
Klaus Wessel (1916 – 1987) was a German archaeologist and art historian of Byzantine art. He was born in Berlin. In 1934 he began his studies in Protestant Theology, Christian Archaeology and Art...
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THE BEAUTY OF OLD COPTIC PAINTING
Christ Pantocrator, painting from the Monastery of St. Apollo in Bawit, now at the Coptic Museum in Old Cairo Coptic neo-iconography, a trend set up by Isaac Fanous (1919 – 2007) is undoubtedly...
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PART 1. THE EPISTLE OF POPE SHENOUDA III TO THE COPTIC PEOPLE ON THE RIGHTFUL...
Young Nazir Jayyid (in the middle) in his university years with some of the students FOR PART 2, CLICK HERE On 4 January 1952, the day on which the Muslims of Egypt celebrated Eid al-Adha, the Muslim...
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PART 2. THE EPISTLE OF POPE SHENOUDA III TO THE COPTIC PEOPLE ON THE RIGHTFUL...
The great Pope Shenouda III (1971 – 2012) FOR PART 1, CLICK HERE ____________ THE GIFT OF EID “Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, O ye earth.”[1] I. Introduction We heard...
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THE RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS ANTHEM OF THE EGYPTIAN ARMED FORCES
The Egyptian Armed Forces is supposed to be for all Egyptians since all Egyptians, regardless of race or religion, are recruited in it. Christian Copts and Arab Muslims serve in that army; and it is...
View ArticleTHE PROMOTED DOCTRINE OF THE EGYPTIAN ARMY IS ISLAMIC AND NON-INCLUSIVE OF...
In a previous article, “The Racial and Religious Anthem of the Egyptian Armed Forces”, I explained how using Arab and Islamic terms in the anthem of the Egyptian army alienates the Copts, and does...
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THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET: WHEN A NATION IS WARY OF THE IMPACT OF A NOVEL
The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell Who would think that a novel would scare off a people? But that is exactly what has happened to some Copts when the British author Lawrence Durrell...
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