Our Voice, Our Stories
Bringing intra-communal scholarly and popular voices, ideas, and stories to the
contemporary reader to address today’s inter-communal challenges.
Incartional Exodus
With the earliest Coptic Churches established in the North American Diaspora in Toronto (1964), Los Angeles (1969), and Jersey City (1970), a once culturally and religiously homogenous community began to face the challenges that come along with being immersed in a multi- cultural and pluralistic society.Just as Christ was incarnate into a cultural context that was foreign to His very being, so too must the Copts of Egypt become incarnate into a foreign context, making this new culture its own. Having been “called out of Egypt” to America in the 1960s, the Christians of Egypt face similar challenges as earlier Diaspora communities.The Coptic Orthodox Christians must acknowledge that having been “called out of Egypt,” their continued purpose as the body of Christ mandates a proper theology of inculturation. It is only through a life of communion with the Divine Word that the Body of Christ , filled with His love for all humankind, will continue to be incarnate so that all humanity may be deifed.
For Us in Himself
Rev. Fr. Mark Aziz gleans the lofty and prolific collection of writings penned by St. Cyril, the 24th Patristic of Alexandria, to present this patristic devotional for every believer. The work serves as a reminder to the believer that each person occupies a unique place in the grand design, the narrative written and triumphed by the Holy Trinity through their experience of the Incarnate Word of God.
Unveiling Coptic Liturgy
This exploration is an initial attempt to shed light on the mutual interaction between Coptic and Jewish traditions by demonstrating a Jewish impact on the early stages of the Alexandrian Church, as seen in the Coptic Morning Service. It explores the possible influence of Jewish liturgies and prayers, including the writings of the late Second Temple era (200 BCE – 70 CE), on some of the origins of fundamental Coptic rituals. The Coptic Morning Service holds almost identical text and order of prayers, along with many major Jewish thematic interrelations.
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Our Voice, Our Stories
The Press brings intra-communal scholarly and popular voices, ideas, and stories to the contemporary reader to address today’s inter-communal challenges.
