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Metropolitan Mikhail (Arabic: نيافة الأنبا ميخائيل مطران أسيوط) (4 July 1921 – 23 November 2014), was the Elder Metropolitan of the Holy Metropolis of Asyut , (Hieracon, (Hierakonopolis) and (Apollonopolis Parva) of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and was the Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Macarius the ...
Mar 4, 2020 · Biography. Anba Mikhail (4 July 1920–23 November 2014) served as Metropolitan of Asyut for over sixty years, from 1946 until his departure in 2014. Born Matyas Hanna in 1920, he became a monk at the monastery of St Macarius in 1939, taking the name Matyas al-Makari.
Metropolitan Mikhail, was the Elder Metropolitan of the Holy Metropolis of Asyut (Lycopolis), (Hieracon, and of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and was the Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great, in Scetes, Lower Egypt until early 2009, when he decided to resign this responsibility due to his failing health and also due to ...
Nov 24, 2014 · We remember with deep appreciation the thrice-blessed Metropolitan Mikhail’s wonderful service and watchful shepherding of his flock for 68 years. As Bishop Serapion said, “I personally remember his kind fatherhood and truthful shepherdhood that embraced me during my school years and service in Assiut.”
Nov 26, 2014 · With 68 years of service as Metropolitan of Assiut, Anba Mikhail who passed away last Sunday at 93 was the longest serving bishop in the Coptic Church. Not only his congregation, but the wide majority of Copts—and a good many Muslims in Egypt—honour him in deep love and veneration.
Nov 26, 2014 · On Sunday, November 23, 2014, His Eminence Metropolitan Mikhail, the most senior Metropolitan of the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, departed in the Lord. His Eminence was laid to rest at the age of 93 after 68 years of faithful service as the shepherd of the Diocese of Assiut.
Jun 28, 2020 · A homily of Metropolitan Mikhail of Asyut delivered April 26, 2003. Translation co-published with Treasures of the Coptic Church in English. The Risen God. Graciously, O Lord, speak to us with Your grace that we may hear Your voice and rejoice in the revelation of Your salvation for Your people.
