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I suppose with much of the news coming out of Ethiopia these days being on the trouble with Tigray, we're bound to miss some things as laypeople in her sister churches, but I was still shocked to learn yesterday that about a month ago, a bishop within the EOTC in the Oromia region of Ethiopia...

As was widely reported last month, St. George Coptic Orthodox Church in Vancouver, BC was burned to the ground recently under what investigators have deemed suspicious circumstances (the investigation is ongoing). The Church community of St. George is asking for donations via their website...

I just found this really cool link via the FB page of St. Shenouda the Archimandrite Coptic Society in Los Angeles. Courtesy of the American Research Center in Egypt, it is now possible to virtually 'tour' the chapel of St. Anthony's monastery in Egypt. Check it out for yourself via this link...

Today is the start of a new year according to the Coptic calendar. Accordingly, in the Coptic Orthodox Church we celebrate it as a feast in which we praise God and ask for blessings and protection throughout the year. As the Coptic Orthodox Church is very much tied to the land and agricultural...

From July 7, 2020 -- HG Bishop Youssef of the Southern United States diocese of the Coptic Orthodox Church speaks on the topic of seeking justice in an unjust world to a group of young Coptic lawyers, law students, and young professionals in Atlanta, Georgia: Taking questions from the...

A Statement on the Death of Mr. George Floyd June 3, 2020 COLLEYVILLE, TX. June 3, 2020 -- A Statement on the Death of Mr. George Floyd On behalf of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States, we firmly denounce the brutal treatment that led to the callous death of a black man...

This is the 'new' or 'Greco-Bohairic' pronunciation (based in the pronunciation reform of Erian Moftah in the time of HH Pope Cyril IV, 1854-1861), so it is ultimately based on the Greek, though there is still some interesting stuff here. This is how you'll hear and use it in most Coptic...

Firstly, may all who celebrate the glorious mystery of our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ's defeat of death through His holy resurrection from the dead today be blessed in their celebrations. I know things are especially hard for you all, as they are for all of us in every place, but we will...

Our beloved father HG Bishop Youssef is livestreaming services from his residence at St. Mary & St. Moses Abbey in Texas. Here are this morning's prayers and praises, for all who are dearly missing being able to gather in our churches: Holy fathers of the desert, pray for us and for the whole...

From HG Bishop Youssef of the Southern United States diocese of the Coptic Orthodox Church, we have the following letter issued yesterday: March 12, 2020 Dear beloved of Christ, We pray this letter finds you and your families and all the churches in peace and benefiting from this most...

Today is the 1st of Tout on the ancient Coptic/Egyptian calendar (Sept. 11 on a non-leap year, Sept. 12 on a leap year), which marks the beginning of the Coptic year. To explain a little bit of why we celebrate the New Year today, here is an English sermon by Fr. Mikhail Mikhail of St. Mark...

Presented by Coptic Youth Channel. The word "epic" gets thrown around a lot these days, but I must say, HG covers a lot of ground here, not just in a narrow sense as relates to the title, but as the topic relates to iconography and veneration, missionary work, the overall purpose of life, etc...

I was looking for something completely different when I found YouTube a tamgeed (a kind of paraliturgical hymn sung in the Coptic Orthodox Church; I think the English translation would be "Glorification", but I learned the Arabic word first, sooo...) for Anba Wanas of Luxor. I thought there were...

From today's readings, April 1, 2019 AD/Paremhotep (Baramhat) 23, 1735 AM: From the book of Proverbs, may his holy blessings be with us all. Amen Proverbs 3:5-18 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct...

One of today's entries in the Coptic synaxarium, alongside the commemoration of the Church of St. Macarius the Great, and the departure of HH Pope Andronicus (616-622). The Eighth Day of the Blessed Coptic Month of Tobe, may God make it always received, year after year, with reassurance and...

Dr. Salim Faraji is interviewed about the roots of Nubian Christianity in the 3rd and 4th century and the relationship of the Coptic Orthodox Church and monasticism in the 5th century. Fascinating stuff, to me. I'm not sure what to make of it as I haven't read his book (seems a little on the...

At least seven people were killed and at least 19 others were injured in an attack on several buses carrying Coptic Christians near a monastery in Egypt on Friday, according to a spokesperson for Egypt's Coptic Church. Gunmen attacked two buses and a microbus on a road near the Monastery of...

As reported by Egyptian Streets, an independent online Egyptian news service: (read more here) Thank you, 'Am Nseem, for doing the job that the security forces do not do.