TRANSLATED FROM
Arabic (standard)
PUBLICATION YEAR
2016
PUBLICATION COUNTRY
Spain
PUBLISHING ORGANISATION
Patriarcado de los coptos ortodoxos - Diócesis de España
LANGUAGE 1
Arabic (standard)
LANGUAGE 2
Spanish
GENRE 1
Religious Practice
DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATION
Besides the cover image, the book has a very simple illustration. The headings and the text are decorated with small Coptic crosses in the corners. Pages that introduce different sections have images representing engagement/marriage (hands of a woman with wedding rings)
NR OF PAGES
90
KEYWORDS
Marriage
,
Sacraments
,
Commitment
,
Copts in Spain
CITATION
Los rituales del compromiso y el misterio del matrimonio santo, The rituals of the engagement and the mystery of the holy matrimony. Cervera: Patriarcado de los coptos ortodoxos - Diócesis de España (Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Spain), 2016.
TRANSLATOR NAME 1
Rewis Anba Pola
IS A TRANSLATION
Yes
FORM OF PUBLICATION 1
Hardcover without ISBN
PUBLISHED BY
Patriarcado de los coptos ortodoxos - Diócesis de España (Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Spain)
PUBLICATION CITY
Cervera
CHURCH 1
Coptic Orthodox Church
CONTENT DESCRIPTION
Bilingual book about the the rites of engagement and the sacrament of the holy matrimony. The author explains preconditions and terms of engagement and marriage in the Coptic Church; the process of entering the marriage itself, officiated by the priest.
GENERAL COMMENTS
There are orations/prayers for those who enter marriage for the first time as well as for widowers who wish to get married for the second time.