Bishoy's Blog – My Coptic Orthodox Faith!

By Bishoy Marcus

Traversing the oceans in a cruseship, does no justice to the creative wonder of God. The water is an azure blue, panning from east to west, north to south, with no limit, evenly level, with ripples of waves breaking through the surface and the occasional splash of a large fish or dolphin the only glimpses of what lies beneath.

Today I had the wonderful opportunity of scuba diving, in one of Gods incredible master pieces known as the Great Barrier Reef off the Queensland coast in Australia. It was my first diving experience and my only tangible understanding of what lied beneath before this dive came from vibrant images found in marine biology textbooks.

But it didn’t take long for awe to fill my heart, and wonder to fill Read the rest of this entry »

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1. Salafis have surrounded a church in Quenna, ready to burn it down

2. 50 Dead, 300+ injured

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Tanks running the protesters over as well as the dead and maimed in Hospital!

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Egyptian Copts are being slaughtered as we speak, latest count is 50 dead and hundreds injured. Clashes began after a peaceful protest about a church issue in Aswan, while protesters where marching,  thugs attacked them and were quickly joined by the army in all out anarchy attacking the copts. Army tanks have been recorded running over protesters.

Fr Morkos Aziz on truth tv reported that Fr Philopateer Gameel was seen holding the brain of a martyr in his hand following an incident where a tank ran over a copt.

Currently thugs are heading towards the Coptic Cathedral and are clashing infront of the Coptic Hospital in cairo.

Below is a small gallery of the casualties – WARNING VERY GRAPHIC IMAGES

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 ” For I was hungry and you gave Me no food; I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink” 

Matt 25:42

Yesterday the Honourable member for the seat of Hughes, put forward the following motion

That this House:
(1) recognises that Coptic Christians in Egypt are suffering ongoing and increasing persecution;
(2) condemns the recent attacks on Coptic Christians in Egypt;
(3) expresses its sympathy for Coptic Christians who have been victims of recent attacks in Egypt; and
(4) calls on the Government to:
(a) issue a public statement condemning the ongoing attacks against the Coptic Christian minority in Egypt;
(b) make immediate representations to the United Nations to end the persecution of Coptic Christians in Egypt; and
(c) strongly urge the Egyptian Government to provide equal rights and protection for all Egyptian citizens regardless of race or religion

Below is a link to the Hansard from yesterdays sitting of the House of Representatives. The key page is 147 onwards where full speeches have been transcribed.

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Bishops and Monasteries in Late Antique Egypt:

Recent Research in Coptic Studies at Macquarie University

The Society for the Study of Early Christianity presents reports on recent research by Coptic Studies scholars in the Department of Ancient History, which will be showcased in two illustrated presentations. Dr Jennifer Cromwell, a new Macquarie Univer-sity Research Fellow in Coptic Studies who arrived from the University of Oxford in April 2010, will present a paper on archaeological and textual evidence for Bishops in Thebes. Dr Victor Ghica, who teaches Coptic in the Department of Ancient History, will report on his excavations of monastic sites in the Eastern and Western deserts of Egypt. Read the rest of this entry »

To Edward Heneage Dering on the Death of His Wife in 1876

My Dear Mr. Dering,

I have felt for you very much. There are wounds of the spirit which never close, and which are intended in God’s mercy to bring us nearer to Him, and to prevent us leaving Him by their very perpetuity. Such wounds, then, may almost be taken as a pledge, or at least as a ground for humble trust, that God will give us the great gift of perseverance to the end. As she has now passed the awful stream which we all have to ford, and is safe, so in the fact of having been taken from you, she seems to give you an intimation that you are to pass it safely also, when your time comes, and you are to meet her again then for ever. Your losing her here is thus the condition of your meeting her hereafter. Read the rest of this entry »

WASHINGTON — The US House of Representatives has voted to establish a US envoy to protect the rights of religious minorities in the Middle East and South Asia, amid rising concern over Egypt, Iraq and Pakistan.

While a marathon debate continued Friday on how to avoid US debt default, the House voted 402 to 20 to require President Barack Obama to set up the envoy post. The Senate must follow suit, but senators from both parties have voiced support.

The envoy will be tasked with pressing minority rights in a broad region covering the Arab world, Central Asia and the Indian subcontinent. But the bill asks the envoy to prioritize Egypt, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Lawmakers voiced concern for the safety of Egypt’s Coptic Christians during the transition following the overthrow of President Hosni Mubarak. At least two dozen people died in religion-related violence in Egypt in March and May. Read the rest of this entry »