However, what could really bring it to an end is to have icons reduced to mass production,” he added. The way off this unfortunate path, according to Naguib, would be for the Coptic Church to ...

The dream turns to a joyful celebration when Pope Shenouda III, revered patriarch of the worldwide Coptic church, consecrates the church's altar and icons Sunday. Unlike the other local churches ...

Lopez: You offer the icon for anyone’s use. Would you or the Coptic Church ever make it available for purchase? Perhaps to raise funds for Copts in Egypt or other persecuted Christians?

There are already icons depicting Saint Mark, who is the founder of the Egyptian Coptic church at Alexandria, as well as depictions of Saint Michael the Archangel, and the Virgin Mary and the Christ ...

The building was transformed into a Coptic church, adding an altar and icons consecrated by His Holiness Pope Shenouda in 1994, later receiving its own full-time priest. As the congregation ...

Coptic church moves to new quarters on Route 206 instead of building on Amwell Road. ... One thing is for certain: Icons are a very important part of the Coptic Orthodox tradition, ...

Egypt's Coptic Church—to which this church in modern-day ... transferred through baptism from the left to the right. The old icons were kept inside the church, the ancient manuscripts ...

is divided from the nave by an iconostasis – a screen made of icons. Only priests, and deacons assisting at a service, are allowed through the iconostasis. The nave of a Coptic church is usually ...

According to legend, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt, and it was here that one of the world's first Christian churches – the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church – thrived.

Now in its 33rd year of existence, the church is no longer just a historically significant house of worship, but home to one of Toronto’s best kept secrets: the Coptic Museum of Canada.

Coptic artist Adel Nassif has been retelling Egypt's Christian history in beautiful icons in an effort to push back against what he describes as a trend towards low-quality mass production.