THE STORY OF THE COPTS - THE TRUE STORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN EGYPT

calendar system of the ancient Egyptians. It begins on the 11 th September of the Christian era, and has twelve thirty-day month ...

saying, ‘Thus saith the Church, that there is only one baptism’.^3 Among the persons Abba Petros had to deal with was Arius, th ...

with all the ardour of his spirit for having kept them steadfast unto the end.^5 Finally it was decided that the turn of Abba Pe ...

gold made one of the soldiers take courage and strike the saint's head off. Having beheaded him, the soldiers went away, leaving ...

As for Diocletian; all his efforts to stamp out Christianity were in vain. And when the persecutions ceased, it emerged radiant ...

B. "... SO GREAT A CLOUD OF WITNESSES" Heb. 12:1 The Apostle Paul's description of the fruits of faith. How this description ap ...

The persecutions through which the Christians of Egypt passed in the era of the Martyrs, as well as in the times that preceded ...

the action. When they arrived., Maximian divided them into two groups: one was to encamp on the border of Gaul, and the other, i ...

Ventimiglia, in Bergamo, and in Treves. It was a mighty holocaust; an unparalleled massacre, the plains were drunk with blood an ...

itself, together with a chapel. On being victorious in 1712 A.D. the Protestants destroyed the church, but spared the chapel whi ...

Marseilles (France), and Jerusalem.l3 St. Mena was born of Christian parents, and his father was governor of the once thriving p ...

spot, many seeking to be healed. Numerous miracles started to happen by evoking the saint's name, and drinking water from a spri ...

a meeting and decided to found an Association to be called "The Association of St. Mena in Alexandria". Their educational cultur ...

companions lived harmoniously together, worshipping God and serving the surrounding community. The happiness and peace they enjo ...

The officer obeyed his orders. He tried persuasion at first, but Dimiana and her forty companions refused to denounce their fait ...

The story of ‘The Five and their Mother’^23 In a small village in the province of Giza, just south of the city of Cairo, there ...

constant prayers and hymn singing, she was beheaded in front of their eyes and left lying on the ground. Seeing her lying there, ...

became one of its outstanding officers. St. George is called the first martyr under Diocletian. One day as he was riding his hom ...

described is that he is ‘the-quick-to-respond’ to whoever calls upon him in faith.^25 Abba Paphnuti Side by side with the mart ...

of Maximinus flared up, Paphnuti and his people were among the foremost to suffer. He was arrested and subjected to torture. Amo ...