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Jan 4, 2022 · Coptic Church beliefs hold that both God and people play a role in salvation. Learn how Egyptian believers practice their faith today.
- Copts Under Threat
- The President Versus The Pope
- Realising Pope Shenouda's Vision of The Church
- The Coptic Exodus
- Coptic Fortunes Under Hosni Mubarak
- After Tahrir ...
- The Coptic Church in The Balance
Under Sadat, religion was increasingly replacing nationalism as the foundation of the country; Christianity was ridiculed daily in the press. It was only inevitable that this would alienate Copts, who were increasingly fearful for their future. On university campuses, Islamist groups began targeting Christian students. Clashes soon took place. More...
Alexandria had been an early focal point in the clash with Islamists. Its priests naturally took the lead in defending Copts against the Islamist onslaught. In July 1972, the priests of Alexandria gathered at a conference and declared that Copts preferred martyrdom to giving up their faith. They begged the state to protect their rights and their re...
Pope Shenouda III had survived the rule of President Sadat. During his forty-year reign he managed not only to transform the church along the lines of his revivalist vision, but more importantly to institutionalize those changes making them impossible to reverse. Today's Coptic Church as an institution is built solely on his vision. Pope Shenouda h...
The most important development in the history of the Coptic Church and one that would have profound implications for its future took place outside the borders of Egypt. In the second half of the 1950s, the first substantial wave of emigration by Copts to the West took place. The first wave was composed of highly qualified professionals who were see...
Pope Shenouda III was larger than life, both in his virtues and vices. His personality impacted every corner of the Coptic Church and the church today is the product of his vision and work. His reign witnessed the ultimate clash between the state and the church, and the evolution of a working formula between them under President Hosni Mubarak. At t...
The fall of the Mubarak regime in February 2011 unleashed a monumental and contagious wave of optimism. Images of Christians and Muslims holding hands in Tahrir Square were broadcast around the world and gave credence to the narrative that a new more liberal and democratic Egypt was being born. The truth was entirely different. Copts were never ent...
Indisputably, there is today a Coptic nation. But it is not a nation that seeks to achieve independence and statehood. That nation is neither racial nor, after the loss of the Coptic language, is it based on a distinct language or on purely religious lines. Instead, it is a nation that is founded on the unique history of a church. It is a nation, a...
Apr 19, 2019 · According to Coptic tradition, the Christian church in Egypt was founded in Alexandria by St. Mark in the mid-first century A.D. Author of the second gospel in the New Testament, Mark became ...
May 8, 2018 · The Arab conquest of Egypt brought mass conversion to Islam. *Coptic Church* (Arab., qibṭ, from Gk., Aigyptios, ‘Egyptian’). The national Christian church of Egypt [1].Its position under Islam [2] has, however, always been difficult.
According to the church historian Eusebius (Ecclesiastical History 2: 16, 24), reflecting the traditions of his day, the evangelist Mark first preached the Gospel in Alexandria, and the Coptic Church claims an unbroken succession of patriarchs from that time to the present. Since the fourth century the church in Egypt has dated events from the ...
Jul 21, 2003 · As Islam guarantees free choice of religion, a number of Egyptians retained their indigenous Coptic belief. Advertisement. The long, peaceful co-existence between the two communities, particularly prior to (Egypt) independence, deserves special attention.
Apr 20, 2008 · Today, Egypt is 90 percent Muslim, but the Copts are a powerful minority, says Father Mark Gruber, professor of anthropology and sociology at St. Vincent College in LaTrobe, Pa.
