The Coptic Orthodox Church: A Brief Introduction to its Life and Spirituality




TITLE
The Coptic Orthodox Church: A Brief Introduction to its Life and Spirituality


AUTHOR NAME 1
Christine Chaillot
AUTHOR NAME ORIGINAL LANGUAGE 1


PRINTED BY
Orthdruk (Bialystok, Poland)

PUBLICATION YEAR
2005

PUBLICATION COUNTRY
France

LANGUAGE 1
English

GENRE 1
History

DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATION
The book contains a large number of photographs of various significant figures within the Coptic Church (Patriarchs, clergy, monks), interior and exterior of different Coptic churches and monasteries, places of great historical and spiritual value for the Copts, of icons and other material artefacts

NR OF PAGES
224

KEYWORDS
Sunday schools , Coptic history , Monastic life , Coptic diaspora , Mission

CITATION
Christine Chaillot. The Coptic Orthodox Church: A Brief Introduction to its Life and Spirituality. Paris: Inter-Orthodox Dialogue, 2005.
IS A TRANSLATION
No

FORM OF PUBLICATION 1
Paperback with ISBN

ISBN NUMBER
83-89396-15-7

PUBLISHED BY
Inter-Orthodox Dialogue

PUBLICATION CITY
Paris

CHURCH 1
Coptic Orthodox Church

CONTENT DESCRIPTION
Introduction to the Coptic Orthodox Church, its history, liturgical, spiritual and monastic life. The book also includes chapters on the organization of the Church, its mission, and a brief overview of the Coptic diaspora.


Monastery of St. Antony

Coptic Orthodox liturgy

Table of contents

Images illustrating Coptic spirituality,Believers kissing icons,A stone found near the entrance of the Church in Sakhla which is said to bear the footprint of the child Jesus

Monastic life,Image left: Father Mina's cave near the Monastery of Baramus,Image right: Father Mina's mill near Old Cairo

'Our Father' in Coptic and transcribed

Top: Copts in a village near Mallawi,Bottom: Coptic community in Geneva

Top: Monastery of St. Bishoi in 2004,Bottom: Monastery of St. Bishoi around 1800