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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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During the reign of Constantine the Great, his mother, Helena visited the site of St. Demiana's monastery palace, where she had a church built over the tomb. [4] This tomb church was consecrated by Pope Alexandros (Pope of Alexandria and 19th Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of the See of St. Mark), on May 20, Bashans 12 (Coptic calendar).
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Menas was his original name, according to the story his mother called him "Mēna" because she heard a voice saying amēn. Minas (Μηνᾶς) is how he is known in Greek and Armenian, while in Coptic he is known as "Mīna" (مينا). The name also refers to an ancient Egyptian name of a King Menes.
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
The other celebration is for her martyrdom on (14 tubah, in the coptic calendar) or (Jan 22). Since 1996/8/18 A.D. in a Monastery close to Saint Mohrael's birthplace there is a Chapel for Saint Mohrael. The Monastery is that of Saints Cosmas and Damian at Manyal Shihet in Giza on Hawamdeya Road. [4] [5]