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When we give thanks to the Lord, we are glorifying God, acknowledging His loving kindness to us. Come, taste and live the life of Thanksgiving to God for His glorious works and love to us! He who lives the life of thanksgiving is a noble person, acknowledges and does not forget . . . → Read More: Thanksgiving – By His Holiness Pope Shenouda III 
Lord, make it a blessed year… A pure year to please You… A year in which Your Spirit prevails… And joins in working with us… Hold our hands and guide our thoughts from the beginning of the year till its end… Let this year be Yours, to please You… It is a New Year, . . . → Read More: A Prayer for the New Year – By His Holiness Pope Shenouda III 
The Feast of Nayrouz means the feast of commemorating the martyrs and we do not commemorate the martyrs once a year, but it is as if we commemorate them every day. If those among you read the Synaxarium you will find that every day it says, “In this day the Church commemorates…” and . . . → Read More: The Feast of Nayrouz – By His Holiness Pope Shenouda III 
Below are selected videos for our beloved father Pope Shenouda III.
This video is a recorded message from Saint Mina Church in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada to His Holiness Pope Shenouda III to congratulate him on the 37th anniversary of Pope Shenouda’s Accession to the See of Saint Mark. The video was recorded in 2008 in Hamilton. Our hope is . . . → Read More: A message from St. Mina Church in Hamilton to Pope Shenouda 
This video is a recorded message from His Holiness Pope Shenouda III to congratulate the congregation of Saint Mina Coptic Orthodox Church in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada on the 10th anniversary of the consecration of the church by his blessed hands. The video was recorded in 2002 in Boston by our . . . → Read More: A Message from Pope Shenouda to the Church of St. Mina in Hamilton 
This is an article written by Father Metias Said Ibrahim that was published in El-Keraza Magazine on August 21st, 1998: In the past month of July, my family and I had the opportunity to visit our mother church in Egypt. It is there that I gained the blessings . . . → Read More: What I Learned from my Beloved Father 
It is with a heavy heart, my beloved, that we bid farewell to our beloved Shepherd and father, thrice in mercy: His Holiness Pope Shenouda the 3rd. The 117th pope of Alexandria, the successor of St. Mark the Evangelist, the head of the priests, the shepherd of shepherds, the 13th . . . → Read More: Memories with Pope Shenouda III Welcoming Pope Shenouda III during his visit to attend the 100 years anniversary of Virgin Mary Church in Elsagha, Tanta, Egypt – 1975. In the picture, the Late Bishop Youannes of Gharbia and Father Metias (a deacon in that time) holding the Service of the Deacons Book. Welcoming Pope Shenouda III during his visit to attend the 100 years anniversary of Virgin Mary Church in Elsagha, Tanta, Egypt – 1975. In the picture, Father Metias (a deacon in that time) on the left of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III. In front of the the Papal Residence in St. Bishoy Monastery, Wadi El-Natrun, Egypt with our beloved father the Thrice-Blessed Pope Shenouda III – 1990. In the picture, His Grace Bishop Paula and Father Metias beside him. In front of the the Papal Residence in St. Bishoy Monastery, Wadi El-Natrun, Egypt with our beloved father the Thrice-Blessed Pope Shenouda III – 1990. In the picture, His Grace Bishop Paula and Father Metias beside him. Father Metias with our beloved father the Thrice-Blessed Pope Shenouda III in the Papal Residence in St. Bishoy Monastery, Wadi El-Natrun, Egypt – 1994. Our beloved father the Thrice-Blessed Pope Shenouda III in the Papal Residence in St. Bishoy Monastery, Wadi El-Natrun, Egypt – 1994. Father Metias with our beloved father the Thrice-Blessed Pope Shenouda III in the Papal Residence in Cairo, Egypt – July 20, 1996. The family of Father Metias with our beloved father the Thrice-Blessed Pope Shenouda III in the Papal Residence in St. Bishoy Monastery, Wadi El-Natrun, Egypt – 1998. The family of Father Metias with our beloved father the Thrice-Blessed Pope Shenouda III in the Papal Residence in St. Bishoy Monastery, Wadi El-Natrun, Egypt – 1998. Father Metias with our beloved father the Thrice-Blessed Pope Shenouda III in Toronto Pearson International Airport, Canada – 1999. Father Metias with our beloved father the Thrice-Blessed Pope Shenouda III during the Annual Coptic Clergy Seminar at the Virgin Mary Spiritual Vineyard in Boston, USA – 2002. In the picture, Father Moses Matar (St. Mary and St. Abraam, Ajax). Father Metias with our beloved father the Thrice-Blessed Pope Shenouda III during the Annual Coptic Clergy Seminar at the Virgin Mary Spiritual Vineyard in Boston, USA – August 3, 2010. During the meeting, Father Metias updated Sayedna about the latest news on the new church project progress which was about to be completed very soon (at that time). Father Metias also invited Sayedna to concecrate the new church once the project is completed. Father Metias with our beloved father the Thrice-Blessed Pope Shenouda III in the Papal Residence in Cleveland, USA – May 26, 2011. Father Metias with our beloved father the Thrice-Blessed Pope Shenouda III in the Papal Residence in Cleveland, USA – May 26, 2011. In the picture, Father Moses Matar (St. Mary and St. Abraam, Ajax) and Father Morcos Hanna (Archangel Michael and St. Tekla, Brampton). 
It is very difficult and painful for us to say farewell to our beloved father and shepherd the thrice-blessed POPE SHENOUDA III, the 117th Pope, Patriarch and Archbishop of the great city of Alexandria, the Successor of the Apostle Saint Mark the Evangelist, the Shepherd of the Shepherds, the thirteenth . . . → Read More: A tribute to my dearly beloved and missed father His Holiness Pope Shenouda III |
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