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Birma

BIRMA A town located in the Egyptian Delta about 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Tanta in the province of Gharbiyyah. Although Birma is listed in a number of Coptic-Arabic scales and in a list of Egyptian bishoprics (Munier, 1943, p. 64), the town is rarely referred to in Christian-Arabic literature and no bishop for …

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Blessing

Culture / By Arsanious Adel

BLESSING Jesus Christ blessed with both hands, when he took the children in his arms, laying his hands upon them (Mk. 10:16); when he ascended into heaven, he lifted up his hands and blessed the apostles (Lk. 24:50, 51). The apostolic traditions are silent about a particular manner with which Jesus Christ blessed the people. …

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Coptic Bone And Ivory Carving

Heritage / By Arsanious Adel

COPTIC BONE AND IVORY CARVING Following the lead of Alexandrian art, and concurrently with its decline at the close of the seventh century, the Copts made extensive use either of ivory or of bone as a material appropriate for sculpture in relief. When, in its beginnings, Coptic art still depended on Alexandrian art, Hellenistic themes …

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Theodosius Of Jerusalem

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

THEODOSIUS OF JERUSALEM A fifth century bishop of Jerusalem who was exiled. He was the opponent of Juvenal of Jerusalem after the Council of CHALCEDON; head of the side opposed to the decisions of the council, he was bishop of Jerusalem between 451 and 453, when Juvenal was forcibly restored by Marcian (Frend, 1972, pp. …

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Theodotus Of Ancyra

Eminent / By Armia FAYEZ

THEODOTUS OF ANCYRA The bishop of Ancyra (Galatia) (d. c. 445). After being a supporter of Nestorius, he became an opponent, taking the side of CYRIL at the Council of EPHESUS. This was probably why his memory continued to live on in the Coptic literary tradition and why he was attributed with the authorship of …

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Babylon

Places / By Arsanious Adel

BABYLON The oldest part of the city of Cairo. Babylon is situated on the east bank of the Nile, to some extent on the border between Upper and Lower Egypt. The same spot marks the mouth of a canal, originally cut about 600 B.C., which connected the Nile to the Red Sea. The city was …

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Dayr Mar Jirjis (Dimiqrat)

Places / By Arsanious Adel

DAYR MAR JIRJIS (Dimiqrat) A monastery dedicated to Saint George on the left bank of the Nile, halfway between Luxor and Isna on the edge of the desert, 2½ miles (4 km) to the west of the village of Naj‘ al-Dimiqriyyah, which occupies the site of the ancient al- Dimiqrat. The name al-Dimiqrat is attested …

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Dayr Mar Jirjis Al-Hadidi

Places / By Arsanious Adel

DAYR MAR JIRJIS AL-HADIDI History This monastery, which like many others has become a Christian village inhabited by Coptic priests and their families, is situated near the right bank of the Nile about 5 miles (8 km) south of Akhmim. We cannot say at what date it was founded, but it was established in honor …

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Dayr Mar Jirjis (Sadamant-Fayyum)

Places / By Arsanious Adel

DAYR MAR JIRJIS (Sadamant-Fayyum) A monastery dedicated to Saint George about 15 miles (25 km) south of Madinat al-Fayyum, northeast of the village called Sidmant al-Jabal, on the left bank of the Bahr Yusuf. It lies on the eastern edge of the Jabal al-Naqlun, on the rim of the Nile Valley. There is no evidence …

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Dayr Al-Nastur

Places / By Arsanious Adel

DAYR AL-NASTUR According to ABU SALIH THE ARMENIAN (1895, pp. 134-36) in the thirteenth century, this monastery was to the south of Old Cairo, on the edge of Lake al- Habash. It was a monastery of the Nestorian rite, dedicated to Saint George. In 1102-1130, under the caliphate of al-Amir, Shaykh Abu al-Fada’il, a Nestorian, …

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