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A COPTIC LANGUAGE PATRON SAINT AND DAY: SAINT SAMUEL OF KALAMOUN AND HIS...
Coptic fabric, provenance and date unknown Saint Samuel of Kalamoun[1] is the ascetic on whose lips the Apocalypse of Samuel of Kalamoun was put, most probably not without some credibility. Saint...
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WHAT IF THE COPTIC POPE, ANY POPE, INSTRUCTS CHURCHES TO PRAY IN COPTIC ONLY...
Have you ever imagined something like this: the Coptic Pope instructing all his clergy, inside Egypt and outside it, to stop praying the liturgy in Arabic, or any other language, and pray it only in...
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COPTIC MONK BY THE AMERICAN PAINTER LORI FREDRICKS
Coptic Monk by the American painter Lori Fredricks Lori Fredricks is a young contemporary American painter and illustrator who resides in Cairo. She is also assistant professor of Applied Linguistics...
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HOLY FAMILY IN EGYPT COPTIC ICON BY ARTISTS, BEDOUR LATIF AND YOUSSEF NASSEIF
Holy Family in Egypt, Coptic icon by Bedour Latif and Youssef Nasseif, 1988 I share with my readers this beautiful Coptic icon of the Holy Family in Egypt by the two Coptic artists, Bidour Latif and...
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SAINT FRACIS OF ASSISI ICON USING COPTIC ICONOGRAPHY TECHNIQUE BY THE FRENCH...
Sanctus Franciscus Assisiensis by the French artist, Katia-Laure Lefevre-Mininno Modern Coptic iconography, as established by Isaac Fanous (1919 – 2007), has established itself within the Copts and...
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THE COPTIC NEW TESTAMENT GOSPELS, PUBLICATION BY SAINT SHENOUDA THE...
The Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society, a group of Coptic scholars, has recently published its The Coptic New Testament Gospels, and made it available online. The reader can find it here....
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THE BOHAIRIC COPTIC GOSPELS, EDITED BY GEORGE WILLIAM HORNER
George William Horner (1849 – 1930) was a Coptologist and biblical scholar. He collected many Coptic manuscripts, edited them, and published them with English translation. He published the New...
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THE BOHAIRIC EPISTLES OF SAINT PAUL, EDITED BY GEORGE WILLIAM HORNER
In a previous article, I put up links for Volume 1 and 2 of The Coptic version of the New Testament in the northern dialect otherwise called Memphitic and Bohairic : with introduction, critical...
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THE BOHAIRIC CATHOLIC EPISTLES, ACTS OF THE APOSTLES AND THE APOCALYPSE,...
In previous articles I put up links for Volume 1, 2 and 3 of The Coptic version of the New Testament in the northern dialect otherwise called Memphitic and Bohairic : with introduction, critical...
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COPTIC SOLDIERS AND OFFICERS OF THE COPTIC LEGION – GERMAN FIGURINES
In previous articles, I shared drawing, paintings and figurines of the Coptic Legion that fought the Mamelukes and Ottomans in Egypt in 1799-1801, and then fought with the French Army in its European...
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LEARNING COPTIC MUST NOT BE FOR CHURCH PURPOSES ALONE
Some advocate for Coptic revival and learning in order for Copts to be able to understand Church services and hymns. Good objective of course, and an essential one. However, that must not be the sole...
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WRONG COPTIC RESPONSES TO NATIONAL CHALLENGES
The Coptic historian must be interested in studying responses of the Copts to challenges that face the nation. The lay Copts must be aware of them. The Copts have often responded to national challenges...
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“IN THE CHURCH OF ST. SERGIUS” IN 1907: ETCHING AND LITERARY DESRIPTION BY...
In the Church of St. Sergius by the Italian artist, Geo Colucci, 1907 Pierre Loti (1850 – 1923) was a French writer and naval officer, who travelled widely, and came to know the Ottoman Empire. In...
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“COPTIC CHURCH, SIOOT, EGYPT” BY REV. A. J. FOSTER, 1872
The reader will find here a black and white lithograph of a drawing by Rev. A.J. Foster, an American Baptist priest, which he made in 1872, showing the inside of an Egyptian Coptic Church in Sioot...
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TOTAL SUBMISSION TO ARABIC, IT SEEMS
I have spoken in several articles before about the shameful position of some of our religious leaders in relation to our Coptic language: one can’t see any one yet who is willing to do something for...
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“THE INTERIOR OF THE COPTIC CHURCH OF SANTA BARBARA, CAIRO”, 1918, BY THE...
Frederick Oswell Jones (1873 – 1969) was a British artist and army captain officer, who was stationed in Cairo during WWI. One of his most beautiful pieces of artwork is a watercolour on paper drawing...
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THE COPTIC SYNDROME OF TRYING TO FIND COPTIC ORIGIN TO ARAB WORDS: NAYROUZ AS...
The pyramids during the Nile flood. 1 Tout=11 September (Coptic New Year Day or the Crown of the Year) occurs at the height of the flood season. The Copts would frequently want to find a Coptic origin...
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THE REAL FIGHT WITHIN THE COPTS IS THIS: ARE WE COPTIC CHRISTIANS OR ARAB...
Are the Copts Coptic Christians or Arab Christians like some Palestinian, Jordanian, and even Lebanese Christians confess? This is the question I should think that will be central to the future of the...
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AN EARLY COPTIC REPRESENTATION OF SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST – POSSIBLY THE...
Saint Mark the Evangelist is the one who brought Christianity to Egypt in the six decade of our era; and he is considered the first bishop of Alexandria – that is the first Coptic Pope. Others know...
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A NEW BOOK BY EWA WIPSZYCKA: THE ALEXANDRIAN CHURCH. PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS
Ewa Wipszycka (or Ewa Maria Wipszycka-Bravo, in full) is a professor of history at the University of Warsaw; and she specializes in the history of Egypt, the Greeks and Christianity. Her academic work...
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