The first annual Coptic Olympics took place on the first weekend of July at the Coptic Centre in Birmingham. On Friday night, members of the Birmingham team were finishing some last minute touches to the grounds of the Coptic Centre, having transformed it in 3 weeks into a marvellous set of facilities with renovated playing …
The Diocese joyfully announces the beginning of a new Family & Youth Ministry, a multi-sports competition for girls and boys of all ages. This ministry will be called The Coptic Olympics and will be organised by the newly-formed Coptic Olympics Committee comprising of representatives from each church in the Diocese. By God’s grace this ministry will …
The conference was blessed by the presence of His Grace Bishop Paul, the Bishop of Mission, and was situated in the English countryside near Shropshire. The first talk on Friday night was all about how faith in Christ will help us overcome our fears. On Saturday, for the second talk His Grace concentrated on the …
The calendar of the Coptic Orthodox church begins with the beginning of the terrible reign of the Roman emperor Diocletian in 284 A.D. During his time, Christians in Egypt were tortured, massacred, and martyred in countless numbers. For early Coptic Christians, this was the “Era of the Martyrs.” As a result, the Copts based their …
