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Early church historians, writers, and fathers testified to the numerous Copt martyrs. Tertullian, a 3rd-century North African lawyer, wrote, "If the martyrs of the whole world were put on one arm of the balance and the martyrs of Egypt on the other, the balance will tilt in favor of the Copts."
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'Simon the Shoemaker; Craftsman'; Arabic: سمعان الدباغ, romanized: Sama'an al-Dabagh), is the Coptic Orthodox saint associated with the story of the moving the Mokattam Mountain in Cairo, Egypt, during the rule of the Muslim Fatimid Caliph al-Muizz Lideenillah (953–975) while Abraham the Syrian was the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox ...
The book Life Story of the Chaste Saint Demiana and History of the Monastery, is taken from 18th century manuscripts written by Bishop John (Bishop of El-Borollos); these manuscripts were transcribed from older manuscripts dated in the 6th century during the apostolic service of Dimianos (563-598 A.D., 35th Patriarch of the See of St. Mark ...
One of the most important surviving sources on Samuel is a hagiography, the Life of Samuel of Kalamoun.The work is attributed to "Isaac the Presbyter", of which almost nothing is known other than he was a monk at the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor, saying he wrote "four generations" after Samuel's death, suggesting a range between the end of the 8th century or the beginning of the 9th ...
The Rule Of Pachomius: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, & Part 4; Coptic Orthodox Synaxarium (Book of Saints) Page of the "Saint Pachomius Library" (contains sources in full text) Evansville.edu; Earlychurch.org.uk; Catholic-forum.com; Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Latina with analytical indexes; Hypothetical reconstruction of a Pachomian monastery
The ruler seized Parsoma, severely beat him and put him in prison; [4] when he was released, he went to the monastery of Shahran, where he lived on the roof of the church and increased in his asceticism. Many princes, judges and others, knew that he always wore a white turban, but no one dared to force him to wear a blue one.
Paul of Thebes (Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲡⲁⲩⲗⲉ; Koinē Greek: Παῦλος ὁ Θηβαῖος, Paûlos ho Thēbaîos; Latin: Paulus Eremita; c. 227 – c. 341), commonly known as Paul the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite, was an Egyptian saint regarded as the first Christian hermit and grazer, [2] who was claimed to have lived alone in the desert of Thebes, Roman Egypt from the age ...