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Mark III, Saint

MARK III, SAINT The seventy-third patriarch of the See of Saint Mark (1167-1189) (feast day: 6 Tubah). Mark’s secular name before his investiture in the patriarchate was Abu al-Faraj ibn Abi al-Sa‘d ibn Zar‘ah. He was a layman of Syrian origin, related to the sixty- second patriarch, Abraham. He was a bachelor known to all …

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Omar Toussoun (1872-1944)

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

OMAR TOUSSOUN (1872-1944) A prince of the Egyptian royal family, scholar, and philanthropist. There were few aspects of Egyptian progress that did not benefit from his support and his practical encouragement. He was particularly devoted to the interests of agriculture and agricultural workers. He was deeply interested in the history and the geography of Egypt …

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Nestorius

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

NESTORIUS Nestorius was born at Germanicia in Syria Euphratensis sometime before 381, and became patriarch of Constantinople in 428. After his condemnation for heresy and deposition by the First Council of EPHESUS in 431, he was allowed by Emperor Theodosius II to retire to his former monastery a short distance from the gates of Antioch. …

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John IX

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

JOHN IX The eighty-first patriarch of the See of Saint Mark (1320-1327). John IX succeeded his predecessor and namesake at one of the most critical moments in Coptic history. Little is known about his life before he took the monastic vow, nor do we know much about his life as a monk. The HISTORY OF …

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John XVIII

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

JOHN XVIII The 107th patriarch of the See of Saint Mark (1769-1796). A monk of the Monastery of Saint Antony (DAYR ANBA ANTUNIYUS) in the Eastern Desert, he was selected by the community of the clergy and the Coptic archons to succeed MARK VII at his death in 1769. His patriarchate proved to be one …

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John Chrysostom, Saint (C. 347-407)

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

JOHN CHRYSOSTOM, SAINT (c. 347-407) Patriarch of Constantinople and doctor of the church (feast day: 13 November in the East, 13 September in the West). John Chrysostom was born in Antioch, where he studied law and theology. For some years he devoted himself to monastic life, part of the time as a hermit. He was …

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Accounts And Accounting, History Of Coptic.

History / By Youssef Matta

ACCOUNTS AND ACCOUNTING, HISTORY OF COPTIC. Coptic accounts and accounting is not a familiar subject to students of Coptology. If the term “Coptic accounting” could seem excessive, its use here is quite justified, in spite of factors that may limit the period and the domain it covers. It is true that Coptic was never the …

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