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HYMNS FOR THE COPTIC MARTYRS OF LIBYA
Painting by the Coptic artist Wael Mories The 21 Coptic martyrs of Libya (one, Matthew Arayiga, was actually African martyr) were savagely beheaded by Islamic terrorist in Sirte, Libya, in February...
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THE COPTIC CHURCH MUST DECLARE ITS WILL TO PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE COPTIC...
Different nations with threatened languages have followed different models to revive their national languages; so the Israelis, Irish, and Welsh, for example, have all followed unique ways to...
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THE NEGLECT OF COPTIC LANGUAGE AS DISPLAYED IN THE PLAQUES OF OUR SACRED SPACE
Originally posted on ON COPTIC NATIONALISM في القومية القبطية: All Coptic sacred space, whether churches, monasteries, schools or social services organisations, should have their names displayed in...
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THERE IS NO EXCUSE WHATSOEVER FOR MONASTERIES IN EGYPT TO PROMOTE ARABIC AT...
Originally posted on ON COPTIC NATIONALISM في القومية القبطية: Gate of the Monastery of Saint Antony, Red Sea, Egypt, with its name displayed in Arabic, English and Coptic In a previous article, we...
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INVADING OUR SACRED SPACE – ARABISATION OF OUR MONASTERIES
Originally posted on ON COPTIC NATIONALISM في القومية القبطية: In a previous article, I criticised the way the name of the Monastery of Saint Anthony at the Red Sea is displayed, in Arabic (in the...
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HOW THE COPTIC CHURCH CAN PROTECT AND PROMOTE THE COPTIC LANGUAGE
HH Pope Tawadros II In a previous article, I wrote that the Coptic Church must declare its will to protect and promote the Coptic language. It is my conviction that Coptic cannot be revived without a...
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THE 12TH OF DECEMBER MUST BE REMEMBERED BY THE COPTS EVERY YEAR AS THEIR...
Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula at the beginning of the 20th century before oil The Arab Conquest of Egypt was largely complete by the summer of 642 AD, and on the 17 September the Romans of the...
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THE ANTI-COPTISM OF RIFA’A RAFI’ AL-TAHTAWI
Rifa’a Rafi’ al-Tahtawi (1801 – 1873) Rifa’a Rafi’ al-Tahtawi (1801 – 1873) was an Arab, a descendent of Hussain, the cousin of Muhammad, who was born in Tahta, a town in Middle Egypt in the...
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THE TOMBS OF MEIR – DID THE CHRISTIAN MONKS DESTROY SOME OF THEIR RELIEFS?
Meir (or Mir) is a village in the Governorate of Asyut, in Upper Egypt, not far off from al-Qusiya and the Christian Monastery of al-Muharraq. It contains a large Christian population and is...
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SOMERS CLARKE ON THE ANTI-COPTIC EGYPTOLOGISTS
Somers Clarke (1841 – 1926) Somers Clarke (1841–1926)[1] was a prominent English Egyptologist, Coptologist and architect. He was born in Brighton where many churches were designed by him. He later...
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A VERY COPTIC VIRGIN MARY: WALL PAINTING AT THE WHITE MONASTERY IN SOHAG,...
This above is part of mural from the White Monastery (Saint Shenoute Monastery) in Sohag area, Upper Egypt. It is half-preserved and dates from the 14th-century. From Egypt: Faith After The Pharaohs...
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THE RED MONASTERY PROJECT
In the above video, art historian Elizabeth Bolman talks about the Red Monastery project. Boleman was the director of the project that helped restore and study Coptic art in the Red Monastery near...
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COPTIC CHRISTIANS AND ANCIENT EGYPT: QUESTIONS OF IDENTITY AND PRIDE
The Eye of Horus Authors sometimes state facts only to be followed by wrong conclusions and inferences; such a writer is Samuel Moawad. Moawad is a brilliant and much respected Coptologist with...
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THE IMPORTANCE OF COPTIC NAMES
The following is intended to be an introductory section to my upcoming book “Coptic Baby Names”, which I share with my readers. The Importance of Coptic Names A Coptic child from the Fayum Portraits...
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THE RED MONASTERY: A 360 VIDEO BY MATJAZ KACICNIK
In the last two decades, many Coptic art gems have been revealed to the world, which raises Coptic art to an altogether new level that captures the admiration of not just the expert but the ordinary...
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THE WHITE MONASTERY – A 360 VIDEO BY MATJAZ KACICNIK
In a previous article, I spoke about the newly discovered Coptic art thanks to ARCE/USAID in the Coptic monasteries all over Egypt, and connected the reader to a wonderful 360-video of the Red...
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COPTIC GIRL WITH DOVE AND GRAPES BY THE GERMAN ARTIST BERND BLACHA
Bernd Blacha is a German artist. He has brightly coloured paintings and many drawings, which can be accessed here. One of his interesting and beautiful watercolour paintings is his Coptic girl with...
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A COPTIC MOTHER FROM ZABALEEN: BY THE DUTCH PHOTOGRAPHER MARTIEN VAN ASSELDONK
Martien van Asseldonk is a Dutch man with a photographic hobby – he likes portrait photography. I find one of his portraits very interesting: Coptic mother from Zabaleen (taken in (26 January, 1986)....
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THE TOMB OF SAINT SHENOUTE OF ATRIPE (THE ARCHIMANDITE) – 360 VIDEOS BY...
In 2002, a funerary chapel at the White Monastery was discovered. Structurally it is triconch, meaning that it is composed of a central core to which three apses (conches) are attached on three sides....
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