{"id":32039,"date":"2015-02-22T20:26:49","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T00:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/?p=32039"},"modified":"2015-02-23T18:33:13","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T22:33:13","slug":"21-egyptian-martyrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communio.stblogs.org\/index.php\/2015\/02\/21-egyptian-martyrs\/","title":{"rendered":"21 Egyptian martyrs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"21<\/a>The Coptic Orthodox Church announced that they recognize the 21 men killed last week in Libya by ISIS as martyrs and their have\u00a0names have been inscribed into\u00a0Coptic Synaxarium. This was an ecclesial act, similar to the Latin Church’s canonization, by\u00a0Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0\u00a0Synaxarium<\/em> is the equivalent to the Roman Martyrology<\/em> for the Eastern Churches (each of the church has its own list of saints). As one commentator said, the 21 Egyptian martyrs are not merely for the Copts, but for all Christians. Their witness to the Christian faith is critical for all of us who find it difficult to bear the burden of Christ’s Paschal Mystery.<\/p>\n

The Coptic Orthodox Pope stated that the martyrs will be commemorated on the 8th Amshir of the Coptic calendar, or February 15th of the Gregorian calendar. The commemoration falls on the feast day of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.<\/p>\n

Something\u00a0Tertullian said comes to mind:<\/p>\n

“Kill us, torture us, condemn us, grind us to dust; your injustice is the proof that we are innocent. Therefore God suffers that we thus suffer…. a taint on our purity is considered among us something more terrible than any punishment and any death. Nor does your cruelty, however exquisite, avail you… The more often you mow us down, the more we grow in number; the blood of Christian martyrs is the seed of the Church.”<\/p>\n

~ Tertullian in “Apologeticum (The Apology)” – writing in Carthage, North Africa c. 200 AD<\/p>\n

The 21 martyrs are not vague group of men; each has a name and genealogy:<\/p>\n

1. Milad Makeen Zaky
\n2. Abanub Ayad Atiya
\n3. Maged Solaiman Shehata
\n4. Yusuf Shukry Yunan
\n5. Kirollos Shokry Fawzy
\n6. Bishoy Astafanus Kamel
\n7. Somaily Astafanus Kamel
\n8. Malak Ibrahim Sinweet
\n9. Tawadros Yusuf Tawadros
\n10. Girgis Milad Sinweet
\n11. Mina Fayez Aziz
\n12. Hany Abdelmesih Salib
\n13. Bishoy Adel Khalaf
\n14. Samuel Alham Wilson
\n15. Worker from Awr village
\n16. Ezat Bishri Naseef
\n17. Loqa Nagaty
\n18. Gaber Munir Adly
\n19. Esam Badir Samir
\n20. Malak Farag Abram
\n21. Sameh Salah Faruq<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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