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We are happy to announce several changes and fixes to the coptichymns.net web site, which have been completed over the past few days. They are as follows:

New Feature: Consolidated Media

As you may know, coptichymns.net offers its media in several sections. Previously, we...

We invite you to download and listen to a new service from coptichymns.net, the Spiritual Orthodox Podcast.

In this service, we will provide brief words of spiritual benefit from the church fathers in 10 minutes or less. The service will be hosted in a dedicated section of our site with RSS subscription options and more in the very near future.

In the meantime,...

On December 12, 2006, His Holiness Pope Shenouda III and His Beatitude Pope Theodorus II have signed a common declaration against the ordination of the rivel Max Michel.  I want you to read the words of this agreement carefully.  The...

I recently viewed The Nativity Story, the big-screen retelling of a beloved story.   As you may have guessed, the movie tries to follow the mainstream success of The Passion of the Christ.  The movie pulled out all the stops, complete with stunning scenery and actors speaking with a heavy Hebrew accent (although no Aramaic this time!).   ...

Earlier this month, one of our church's bright lights faded from this earth.  Mother Irini, mother of Abu Saifain Convent in Old Cairo, and known to many as Umina Irini or simply as Tamav, departed to the heavenly Jerusalem.

To tell the stories and miracles of Tamav's life would require endless pages of writing.  In time, the blessings from this amazing...

Abouna will first join us for Vespers/Youth Meeting/Midnight Praise on September 26. The evening will begin at 7:00 p.m. with Vespers for the Feast of the Cross followed by a general youth meeting for all attendees. Refreshments will then be served until approximately 10:00 p.m., at which point Abouna Anastasi will lead the congregation in Midnight Praise for the Feast of...

The 9th annual North American Coptic Clergy Seminar commenced on Monday, August 28, with H.H. Pope Shenouda III raising the NAACCS flag and releasing balloons.

Clergy throughout North America attended the three-day seminar at the Holy Virgin Mary Spiritual Vineyard in Charlton, Massachusetts as an opportunity to meet with His...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has approved a new translation in the English Catholic mass to be prayed by parishioners in the United States.  The changes in translation are intended to make the mass closer to the original Latin translation.  Several of the changes would, in fact, bring the translation closer to the wording in Orthodox Church...

As reported by Ramez Rizkallah in our forums, the Reverend Father Matta El Maskeen has departed this world.

You can find basic information and links about this late, blessed monk at his Wikipedia biographical entry and the official website of