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Human Beings as Body and Soul

Human Beings as Body and Soul Three days a week I suffer torture under the tutelage of my personal trainer at Gold’s Gym. He is my private Pharaoh, my singular Simon Legree. Cardiovascular exercise, the pumping of iron, and the wretched contortions of stretch routines are part of my regimen. All of this despite the …

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The Virgin Birth

Theology / By Youssef Matta

The Virgin Birth The doctrine of the Virgin Birth of Jesus holds that Jesus’ birth was the result of a miraculous conception whereby the Virgin Mary conceived a baby in her womb by the power of the Holy Spirit, without a human father. Christ’s miraculous birth tells us much about his nature. That He was …

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The Omnipotence of God

Theology / By Youssef Matta

The Omnipotence of God Every theologian is sooner or later asked a question by a student that is posed as an impossible nut to crack. The old query is this: Can God make a rock so big that He cannot move it? At first glance this question seems to impale the theologian on the horns …

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The Relationship of St. Shenoute of Atripe with His Contemporary Patriarchs of Alexandria

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

The Relationship of St. Shenoute of Atripe with His Contemporary Patriarchs of Alexandria WHEN WE SPEAK about the relationship of St. Shenoute with the Alexandrian patriarchs, we speak indeed about a traditional relationship between Coptic monasticism and the official church of Egypt. The basis of this relationship was already established at the dawn of Coptic …

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The Art of Coptic Churches

Heritage / By Armia FAYEZ

The Art of Coptic Churches WE WENT TO THE CHURCH while the elders of the monastery went with us. There were pictures of monks on the wall of the place, representing our monastic fathers: Antony the Great and Apa Pachom and Apa Paule and Apa Makarios.21 These were on one side and the archbishops of …

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The Monastery of al-Muharraq (ASYUT)

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

The Monastery of al-Muharraq (ASYUT) THE MONASTERY OF AL-MUHARRAQ (Dayr al-Muharraq) near the mountains of Qusqam is considered the most sacred of the Holy Family pilgrimage centers in Egypt. According to tradition, the Holy Family stayed here for more than six months in an old abandoned house on the edge of the desert at the …

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The Church of St. Mercurius (Akhmim)

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

The Church of St. Mercurius (Akhmim) THE CHURCH OF ST. MERCURIUS (Abu Sayfayn) stands at the center of the city of Akhmim near the police station. Its floor is about three meters below the level of the street. The design of the church follows the domed-hall type that began to appear in the fourteenth century. …

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The Place of Qusqam in the Textual Data on the Flight into Egypt

History / By Armia FAYEZ

The Place of Qusqam in the Textual Data on the Flight into Egypt Dayr al-Muharraq is for Christian Egyptians a very blessed place— maybe the most blessed place in Egypt. Tens of thousands of people come here every year on special feasts and occasions: not only for the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin …

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Toward the Documentation of the Monastery of the Holy Virgin at al-Muharraq, Asyut

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

Toward the Documentation of the Monastery of the Holy Virgin at al-Muharraq, Asyut The site of Dayr al-Muharraq is located at the foot of the mountains of Qusqam (Coptic Syowt and present day al-Qusiya), GPS location Latitude 27.38491 Longitude 30.77989. Nothing is known for certain about the date of the foundation of this monastery (Coquin …

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The Monastery of the Holy Virgin Mary at al-Muharraq

Places / By Armia FAYEZ

The Monastery of the Holy Virgin Mary at al-Muharraq, Mount Qusqam: Reflections of Its Monks Today Introduction The value of ancient monuments, sometimes, is not in the material they are made of, but rather in their living heritage and ancestral spirit.[1] How much more it is if these were blessed by the Lord himself, such …

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