Traditional Egyptian Christianity: A History of the Coptic Orthodox Church. By Theodore Hall Partrick. Greensboro, N.C.: Fisher Park Press, 1996. xiv + 226 pp. $14.95.

1997 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 660-661
Author(s):  
Charles A. Frazee
Keyword(s):  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Coptic Orthodox Church ◽  
Coptic Orthodox ◽  
History Of

Toward the Localization of the Hennaton Monastic Complex

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Ghattas
Keyword(s):  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Exact Location ◽  
The World ◽  
Coptic Orthodox Church ◽  
Coptic Orthodox ◽  
History Of ◽  
Medieval Egypt

This chapter describes the most prominent of the Pachomian monasteries, the Hennaton monastery or Dayr al-Zujaj (as it is designated today), and the debates about its exact location. The Hennaton was a monastic center of Byzantine and medieval Egypt, one that attracted pilgrims and believers from Egypt and the whole world. However, the only surviving traces of its existence today are artistic depictions vouching for what once was a grand existence. Its prestigious reputation inspired kings to leave behind their earthly kingdoms, attracted pilgrims from all over the world, drew native Egyptians into the ascetic life, and finally, produced both patriarchs and saints whose memory is immortalized in the history of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

A State Institution

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samir Simaika ◽  
Nevine Henein
Keyword(s):  
State Institution ◽  
The State ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
State Museum ◽  
Coptic Orthodox Church ◽  
Coptic Orthodox ◽  
The Government

This chapter discusses Marcus Simaika's role in making the Coptic Museum a state institution of Egypt. In 1920, Fuad I, ruler of Egypt and Sudan from the Muhammad Ali dynasty, visited the Coptic Museum. From that moment, the king conceived the idea of making the Coptic Museum a state museum and asked Simaika to cede the museum to the government. Simaika replied that he would submit the request to Cyril V. All objects in the museum belonged to the Coptic Orthodox Church, and Simaika would not have been able to transfer them from the different monasteries and churches without ecclesiastic approval and on the condition that they be exhibited in an annex to the Muʻallaqa Church and under the care of the priest of that church. The chapter describes the annexation of the Coptic Museum by the state and its nationalization, as well as its acquisitions and collections.

The Coptic and Ethiopian Dispute over Deir al-Sultan in Jerusalem

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samir Simaika ◽  
Nevine Henein
Keyword(s):  
Roman Catholic ◽  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
Orthodox Church ◽  
Coptic Orthodox Church ◽  
Coptic Orthodox ◽  
Ethiopian Orthodox ◽  
Ethiopian Church

This chapter discusses Marcus Simaika's involvement in the dispute between the Copts and Ethiopians regarding what is known as Deir al-Sultan or the Imperial Monastery in Jerusalem. Ethiopia has long been acquainted with monotheism, and the Ethiopian Church is the largest of all the Oriental Orthodox churches. The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria has a longstanding relationship with the Ethiopian Orthodox Tawahedo Church and the Eritrean Orthodox Tawahedo Church. Tawahedo means 'unified,' referring to the single unified nature of Christ, as opposed to the belief in the two natures of Christ held by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. The patriarchs of Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, and many others had refused to accept the two-natures doctrine decreed by the Council of Chalcedon in 451, and these churches are sometimes referred to as monophysite. Simaika maintained that Deir al-Sultan belonged to the Coptic community from time immemorial.

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