Now the third one has died in the hospital as a result of his injuries (Malak Shenouda).
The three Christian Martyrs killed by the Egyptian authorities in Egypt: (Giza incidents November 2010) 1-Macarius Gad Shaker 2-Melad Malak Mikhael 3-Malak Shenouda
(Probably there are more dead bodies hiden by the police forces.)
Plus more than 60 injured.
No one can claim now that the incidents are sporadic individual events. This is a clear persecution of Christians in Egypt not only by fellow citizens but also by the authorities and government.
This is according to the prophecy in Revelation 12:17 "And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and he went to make war with the rest of her offsprings..."
Coptic Identity: a public lecture, Claremont, Tue 30 Nov 2010
November 15, 2010
Claremont Graduate University School of Religion
History of Christianity Program
and the Council for Coptic Studies
cordially invite you to a public lecture on
Beyond Dhimmitude: Finding
Coptic Identity, Past and Present
Dr. Kurt Werthmuller
Azusa Pacific University
Tuesday November 30, 2010
7:00 pm Social and Refreshments
7:30 Lecture
Albrecht Auditorium, Stauffer Hall
925 N. Dartmouth Avenue,
Claremont, CA 91711
The lecture will focus on the complexities of Christian identity in Egypt during the Middle Ages, challenging the concept of “dhimmitude” (the definition and limitation of non-Muslim identity by Islamic jurisprudence and ideology) with the political and social realities that informed internal Coptic initiative on the one hand, and realpolitik of the Muslim authorities on the other. It will also address the importance – and the sensitivities – of these issues in the contemporary Egyptian and regional contexts.
Kurt Werthmuller, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of history at Azusa Pacific University, Azusa, California and a historian of the Middle East, specializing in medieval Islam as well as a variety of interests in the modern Middle East. Werthmuller has lived and traveled extensively in the Middle East, including a few years in Egypt. He is the author of...
FOCUS (Fellowship of Orthodox Christians United to Serve) San Diego/God’s Extended Hand (feeding the poor)
Where: God’s Extended Hand on 1625 Island Ave. San Diego, CA 92101
Every Wednesday at 5:30pm, Orthodox Christians throughout San Diego serve meals to the homeless and poor of San Diego. We need some extra volunteers. This is a great opportunity for our parishioners to get involved in this life-changing ministry.
The place where they rested 2000 years ago, St Mercurius Church
August 2, 2010
The place where they rested 2000 years ago
Mother Erini was a nun in the nunary of St. Mercurius in Old Cairo, Egypt. She was the head of the nunary. One day she smelled a sweet smell of incense. She tried to find the source and discovered it was an old house in the garden. When she came close she saw an apparition of St. Mary, the mother of God. St. Mary told her to tell the Pope (at that time was pope Cyril VI, Pope of Alexandria) that she wanted him to build her a church at that location because it was where she rested with her Son, our Lord Jesus Christ when they came to Egypt nearly 2000 years ago. Mother Erini went to the Pope and told him and he agreed and told her it would be built when God provides money for building the church. Time passed until four years later, in 1968, when there was enough money but it was decided that a hall would be built at that place for the visitors of the nunary and so they started to build it. One day at 4 a.m. the telephone rang in the nunary and...
They walked in tandem, each of the ninety-two students filing into the already crowded auditorium. With their rich maroon gowns flowing and the traditional caps, they looked almost as grown up as they felt. Dads swallowed hard behind broad smiles, and Moms freely brushed away tears. This class would NOT pray during the commencements, not by choice, but because of a recent court ruling prohibiting it. The principal and several students were careful to stay within the guidelines allowed by the ruling. They gave inspirational and challenging speeches, but no one mentioned divine guidance and no one asked for blessings on the graduates or their families. The speeches were nice, but they were routine until the final speech received a standing ovation. A solitary student walked proudly to the microphone. He stood still and silent for just a moment, and then, it happened. All 92 students, every single one of them, suddenly SNEEZED!!!! The student on stage simply looked at the audience and said, 'GOD BLESS YOU' And he walked off the stage...
The audience exploded into applause. This graduating class had found a unique way to invoke God's blessing on their future with or without the court's approval. Isn't this a wonderful story? Pass it... [More]
What is wisdom? Some people think that wisdom is equivalent to intelligence and others think it is skill...etc. But wisdom is to set yourself toward the correct destination. If you are a student you may think that succeeding in your exams and graduating is the wisdom. If you are working or have a business you may think that being successful in your job or business is the wisdom. You may set some goals either social, financial or any other goal in life, but do you think this is wisdom? The answer is the story that tells that a grandfather asked his grandson, "What would you like to happen in your school? He answered and said, "I want to pass the exams and get high scores. Then he asked him all this questions and the answer was to grow to graduate, to have a position in work to marry and have a family, to have children and the children grow up...etc. And he asked him one last question, then what?" and he replied and then I will die! Thus does one becomes wise when he seek any of these goals? Probably you are intelligent or skillful. Maybe you accumulated good experience...
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قصة لقاء أبونا بيشوي كامل مع البابا شنوده الثالث، أول صلة بينهما
قصة لقاء أبونا بيشوي كامل مع البابا شنودة الثالث أول صلة بينهما تقريبا عند دعوة البابا لإلقاء محاضرة روحية عن تأملات فى صلاة النوم بالأجبية ثم تقابلا مرة اخري حينماأنُشئت الكلية الاكليريكية سنة 1953 وكان يدرس (البابا) فيها مادة اللاهوت وكان ابونا بيشوى، طالباً في هذه الفترة في ديسمبر 59... كان قد سيم بإسم القس بيشوي كامل وقضي الاربعين يوماً في دير السريان، وحينما كان البابا شنودة أسقفاً ازدادت صلتهم وحينما كان يزور الاسكندرية لإلقاء محاضرة أو عظة كان أبونا يحضر ويدعوا أولاده للحضور أيضاً وبعدها تقابلا كثيراً في مناسبات عديدة وأصبحت زيارة البابا لسبورتنج من أساسيات ذهابه إلي الإسكندرية وآخر مرة رأي البابا القمص بيشوي كامل قبل ثلاثة ايام من نياحته حيث كان ملازماً للفراش من ثقل المرض وحينما كان البابا شنودة أسقفاً عاماً آخر الستينات، إنتُدب أبونا بيشوي من البابا كيرلس السادس للخدمة في مدينة لوس انجلوس غرب أمريكا وهو الذي اشتري أول مبني لأول كنيسة في الولايات المتحدة الأمريكية وهي كنيسة مار مرقس الرسول في لوس أنجيلوس، كاليفورنيا
".. While faith and teaching of Christ, though mocked by you (philosophers) and often persecuted by kings, has filled the world."(The Great Abba Antony)
"أما إيمان المسيح وتعاليمه فقد ملأت العالم رغم هزئكم بها (أيها الفلاسفة) واضطهاد الملوك لها فى أغلب الأحيان..."
“Tremble before Him, all the earth. Say among the nations, ‘The Lord reigns. The world also is firmly established. It shall not be moved,’” Psalm 96:9-10.
After the fall of Man, the earth became unstable, for Satan wanted to sift the people and move them. “Simon, Simon! Indeed Satan has asked for you, that he may sift you as wheat,” Luke 22:31. And the people were moved by fear and anxiety, but the Lord established the world and not a grain of wheat fell out. “As grain is sifted in a sieve, yet, not the smallest grain shall fall to the ground,” Amos 9:9.
There were times when the whole world, except for a few people, denied the true God. In the time of the flood and the pious Noah, He saved eight souls with the water, by establishing them with the wood of the Ark and the water of the flood, in the likeness of the Cross. In the time of Abraham, the father of the fathers, the Lord established him with the faith and the Covenant. The presence of the Angel saved Daniel....
لقد أصبحت الأرض بعد سقوط الإنسان غير مستقرة، فالشيطان يريد أن يغربل الناس ويحركهم، "... الشيطان طلبكم لكي يغربلكم كالحنطة" (لو 22 : 31) والناس من الخوف والإضطراب يتزعزعون، ولكن الرب يثبت المسكونة وحبة حنطة لا تقع، "... كما يغربل في الغربال وحبة لا تقع الى الارض" (عا 9 : 9) لقد جاءت أوقات كان العالم كله ينكر الإله الحقيقى ماعدا أشخاص قليلين، ففى أيام الطوفان ونوح البار خلص ثمانية أنفس بالماء، ثبتهم الرب بمثال الصليب، خشبة الفلك، والماء. وأيام ابراهيم أب الآباء، ثبته الرب بالإيمان والعهد. ودانيال، ملاك حضرته خلصه. الشيطان لا يستطيع أن يزعزع أولاد الله. فكما ثبت الرب الأرض على المياه فى القديم، "الباسط الأرض على المياه لأن إلى الأبد رحمته" (مز 136 : 6) هو أيضاً يثبت المسكونة بمياه المعمودية بعمل الروح القدس فلا تعود تتزعزع. "... تغيير الأشياء المتزعزعة كمصنوعة لكى تبقى التى لا تتزعزع. لذلك ونحن قابلون ملكوتاً لا يتزعزع ليكن عندنا شكر به نخدم الله خدمة مرضية بخشوع وتقوى لأن إلهنا ناراً آكلة" (عبرانيين 12: 27- 29). لقد كان العالم القديم يسير نحو الهلاك...
