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With us, like us, and for us...

by Iris Habib el-Masri
These were the words of Saint Dioscorus, the Champion of Orthodoxy and 25th Pope of Alexandria concerning our Saviour. We remember our father who reposed on the 7th of Tut (17th September) at this time, not just because of his feast, but because at this...
 

Saints Augustine and Monica

by Church Heroes Series
"And You, O Lord, how long? How long? Is it to be tomorrow and tomorrow? Why not now? Why not this very hour put an end to my shame?" These words of repentance marked the beginning of St. Augustine's new life. A few years after he came...
 

Saint Polycarp, the Martyr

by Abba Pionius
From the Encyclical Epistle of the Church at Smyrna. This story is circulated concerning the Martyrdom of the Holy St. Polycarp: The Church of God that is at Smyrna, to the Church of God sojourning in Philomelium, and to all the congregations of the...
 

Saints Kyprianos (Cyprian) and Youstina (Justina)

by Church Heroes Series
This amazing story tells us of the lives of these two great saints, who through God's grace, overcame many temptations and trials from the devil to receive the crown of martyrdom. We celebrate their martyrdom on the 21st day of Tute.
 

The Mystery of the Akhmim Martyrs

by Professor Otto F.A. Meinardus
The discovery and almost global distribution of the relics of the Fayyum-and Akhmim Martyrs of 1989 and 1990 offered an additional “historical dimension” to the present renaissance of the Coptic Church.**
 

St. Mark

by H.G. Bishop Moussa
A detailed account of the blessed evangelist, St. Mark, the Beholder of the Divine.