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On Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010, His Holiness Pope Shenouda III met with Fr. Metias Ibrahim. During the meeting, Fr. Metias updated Sayedna about the latest news on the new church project progress which is about to be completed very soon. Fr. Metias also invited Sayedna to concecrate the new church once the project . . . → Read More: Meeting H.H. Pope Shenouda III in Boston 
On this day, Apip 24th (July 31st), we celebrate the martyrdom of Saint Abanoub, the child martyr. Saint Abanoub was only twelve years old when he was martyred by the Roman ruler. On July 31 our Church celebrates his death, as the day of his birth into eternal life. Saint Abanoub’s . . . → Read More: St. Abanoub: The Child Martyr 
On this day, Apip 23rd (July 30th), is the commemoration of the martyrdom of the blessed St. Marina, who overcame the Devil. She was one of the daughters of the nobles of Antioch. Her parents were pagan. When her mother died, her father sent her to a nanny to raise her, who was . . . → Read More: St. Marina of Antioch: A Martyr who overcame the Devil 
Saint Pishoy the Great is the founder of the monastery called after his name in Wadi El-Natroun. His name is “Pishoy” in Coptic, the equivalent of “Sammy”, meaning just. In French his name is St. Paisious, and the church mentions him in the liturgy as “The Perfect Man, the Beloved by our Good . . . → Read More: St. Pishoy: the Perfect Man 
Saint Moses the Strong was martyred on the twenty-fourth day of the Coptic month Paona (July 1st). St. Moses was born about 332 AD. In his youth, he was the slave of a high government official who could not tolerate St. Moses dishonesty and violence. It was even said that St. . . . → Read More: St. Moses the Strong 
The Lord Jesus Christ promises us, “He who believes in Me, the works that I do he will also do, and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.” (John 14:12) The ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ was one of numerous occurrences of healings of “all kinds . . . → Read More: St. Mina: Blessed With the Gift of Healing 
The honored Archangel, Michael, is the head of the hosts of heaven, who stands at all times before the great throne of God, interceding on behalf of the human race. Joshua, the son of Nun, saw him in great glory and was frightened by him and fell on his face to . . . → Read More: The Commemoration of the Honored Archangel Michael 
We celebrate two great feasts on a Thursday. The first great feast of the Lord is Great Thursday of the Holy Pascha, on which the Lord gave us the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. The second is the Feast of the Ascension of our Lord into Heaven, after He spent forty days with . . . → Read More: The Holy Feast of Ascension – by Pope Shenouda III 
Saint Mark is considered to be the founder of the Coptic Orthodox Church. He is one of the Seventy Apostles appointed by our Lord (Mark 10:10), and one of the four Evangelists. He is regarded as the first of the unbroken chain of 117 patriarchs of the Coptic Church, and the first of . . . → Read More: St. Mark: The Great Martyr, Apsotle and Evangelist 
St. George was born around 280 A.D. of a wealthy Christian family of noble origin in a the city of Capadocia in Asia Minor (a region of the ancient world that corresponds to modern day Turkey). St. George’s father, Anastasios, was martyred for being a Christian by the Roman Governor when our saint was . . . → Read More: St. George: The Prince of Martyrs |
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