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Pascha Week Program 2024

samuel@atalaa.com (Samuel Gerges) — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:57:00 GMT

Pascha Week Program 2024

His Grace Bishop Suriel's Feast of Nativity Message 2013

samuel@atalaa.com (SamuelGerges) — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 00:36:00 GMT

The Departure of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III

samuel@atalaa.com (SamuelGerges) — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 23:50:00 GMT

H. H. Pope Shenouda III, the 117th Pope of Alexandria and the Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy Apostolic Seat of Saint Mark the Evangelist of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, has passed away on March 17, 2012(Baramhat 8, 1728). We ask the Lord to comfort His pure soul. Condolences to the Church and to everyone who loved Him. We are sure that He is interceding to God on our behalf.

THE HISTORY OF COPTS

samuel@atalaa.com (SamuelGerges) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:54:00 GMT

The word Copt basically means Egyptian and it is derived from the Greek word Aigyptos by removing the first and last 2 characters in the Greek word Ai and os we have the word gypt which has thus become the words Egypt and Copt. Later on in history, the term Copt was used to refer to the Christians of Egypt who were referred to by Leeder as the modern sons of Pharaohs.

The Coptic Church

samuel@atalaa.com (SamuelGerges) — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:11:00 GMT

Congregations of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Australia are served by two Coptic Orthodox Dioceses with over 50 parishes, two Monasteries, two theological Colleges and five schools. The Coptic Church is a member of National Council of Churches in Australia. Currently, the Coptic Orthodox Church has as many 100,000 members in Australia (in Sydney alone it is estimated that there are 70,000 Copts, with numbers in Melbourne in the tens of thousands).