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A Charismatic Coptic Priest: Abouna Makary Younan (1934-2022)
On January 11, renowned Coptic Orthodox priest Abouna Makary Younan (1934-2022) died in Cairo of complications from COVID-19. His death quickly followed that of his wife Mama Souna, who suffered from the same illness and passed away on January 7. Based in the old Coptic Orthodox Cathedral of St. Mark in Cairo’s Azbakiyya district, the oft-controversial preacher was famous for his charismatic style, for his miracles, singing, and capacity to perform exorcisms. Abouna Makary’s popularity grew exponentially since the mid-2000s, when his sermons and church services began to appear on Christian television channels in the Middle East. For more than fifteen years, he honed a particularly captivating televisual style that touched millions of viewers and influenced scores of preachers on Arabic Christian channels.
Sabry Younan ‘Abd al-Malik was born in the Upper Egyptian town of Maragha, near Sohag. He was educated to be a te
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MAKING BIBLE TEACHING ACCESSIBLE TO ALL
It started as a meeting in a seventh-floor Cairo apartment but – thanks to SAT-7 – the weekly Freedom Meeting now brings life-changing Bible teaching to Christians around the Arab world. SAT-7 Egypt reporter, Mary Joseph, spoke to Nabila Hanna, the meeting’s co-founder, about its 35 years of ministry
Since 1985, the non-denominational Freedom Meetings have welcomed respected Bible teachers from across Egypt’s churches and attracted Christians of all backgrounds to learn and grow in faith.
Nabila and her late husband, Ibrahim Sabry, began them after studying together at Cairo’s Orthodox Theological Seminary. There they had found the teaching of renowned preachers like Father Makary Younan “an inspiration”. But after getting their degrees, they realised how much they had learnt and longed that others could benefit in a similar way.
“It was a pity that many people didn’t know or learn the essentials of the Christian faith,” s
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List of Copts
This list of Copts includes notable Copts figures who are notable in their areas of expertise. For saints, please refer to List of Coptic saints.
Performing arts
[edit]- Rami Malek, actor
- Mena Massoud, actor
- Ash Atalla, British television producer
- Henry Barakat, director
- Khairy Beshara, director
- Youssef Dawoud, actor
- Sanaa Gamil, actress
- Maged El Kedwany, actor
- Asaad Kelada, Hollywood director
- Sandra Nashaat, director
- Yousry Nasrallah, director
- Hany Ramzy, actor
- Daoud Abdel Sayed, film director
- Hala Sedki, actress
- George Sidhom, actor
- Nabila Erian, musikdrama singer
Businessmen
[edit]- Nader Anise, founder of Coptic American Chamber of Commerce (Coptic Chamber) and attorney
- Tharwat Bassily
- Michael Ebeid
- Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour, banker and businessman
- Fayez Sarofim, billionaire, Houston financier
- Onsi Sawiris, founder of Orascom Group, Patrick of Sawiris Family
- Naguib Sawiris, one of the wealthiest 100 people worldwide
- Samih Sawiris, Oras