Three Hebrews In The Furnace

Leave a Comment / Bible / By Armia FAYEZ

THREE HEBREWS IN THE FURNACE According to the book of Daniel three young men in Babylon at the time of Nebuchadnezzar were cast into a fiery furnace, guided by a guardian angel (Dn. 3:8-30). Six Coptic documents are devoted to the fate of the relics of the three young men: The narrative of the journey …

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Saint John Colobos

Leave a Comment / Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

SAINT JOHN COLOBOS Coptic Tradition John Colobos, the Little or the Dwarf (fourth and fifth centuries), is one of the most striking figures among the desert fathers. He is known principally from the APOPHTHEGMATA PATRUM and from a Life in the form of a panegyric composed by Zacharias, the bishop of Sakha, at the end …

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Ayn Murrah

Leave a Comment / Places / By Arsanious Adel

AYN MURRAH The site of ‘Ayn Murrah, which means “bitter spring,” is not marked on any map, and is known only from references in books. It is to the northeast of Baris, halfway from the summit of the plateau, and hence in the region of the hermitages of the JABAL TAFNIIS, with which, however, it …

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Dayr Yuhannis (Al-Minshah)

Leave a Comment / Places / By Youssef Matta

DAYR YUHANNIS (Al-Minshah) On the right bank of the Nile, about 6 miles (10 km) south of DAYR ANBA BISADAH, and hence of the town of al-Minshah (the ancient Psoi/Ptolemais Hermiou), are the ruins of a village, a necropolis, and a Coptic monastery named for Saint John. A little farther to the south, in the …

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