The Canons of the Medieval Coptic Orthodox Church 31111 400 compiled by Athanasius Archbishop

400 compiled by Athanasius Archbishop of Alexandria

homilies that eventually were appointed for reading in church on specific feast days or saints' days

sickness and pain

for God shine through in these homilies

In his introduction to the Greek edition Bishop Irenaeus of Chania writes: 'The words of blessed Elder Porphyrios are the words of a holy Father

The Canons of the Medieval Coptic Orthodox Church 31111 400 compiled by Athanasius Archbishop"Sugg. Donation" In the late eleventh century, a Coptic deacon named Mawhub Ibn Mansur Ibn Mufarrij pursued to document the history of the Coptic people. He traveled extensively throughout Egypt exploring its monasteries and accumulating biographies of the sixty five patriarchs who had preceded him. In addition to translating these stories from Coptic to Arabic, he also wrote biographies of two more recent patriarchs, Christodoulos and Cyril II, whom