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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."
'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 ...
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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 ...
The Story of the Church of Egypt: Being an Outline of the History of the Egyptians Under Their Successive Masters from the Roman Conquest Until Now. Smith, Elder, & Company. 2 vols. Meinardus, Otto F. A. (2010). Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity. The American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-9774247576
Coptic seems to have been in decline as a literary language by the early 9th century, since few original works later than that can be attributed to a named author. [1] For reasons not fully understood, it was moribund as a language of original composition by the 11th century. [3] Much Coptic literature is now lost, as the Copts began to use Arabic.
The Coptic (Sahidic) version of certain Books of the Old Testament: from a papyrus in the British Museum (1908) Franz-Jürgen Schmitz, Gerd Mink, Liste der koptischen Handschriften des neuen Testaments, Walter de Gruyter, 1991, vol. 1, part 2, (pp. 1279) ISBN 3-11-013015-7, ISBN 978-3-11-013015-7; Assorted Images of Coptic Manuscripts
Saint Cyrus the Anchorite, also known as Anba Karas (Coptic: ⲁⲃⲃⲁ ⲕⲁⲣⲟⲥ, Arabic: أنبا كاراس), [1] was a saint of the Coptic Orthodox Church who lived during the late fifth and early sixth centuries.