We celebrate the Nativity of Christ once a year, but we also celebrate his birth with every new born child. The Virgin traveled with Joseph to register and the prophecies were fulfilled: “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel”
Thus, the Nativity was linked to a national civil even from its very beginning. And so did the Egyptian churches as they are called Coptic (related to Egypt) before they are called Orthodox, Catholic or Evangelical. Therefore, the Copts rejected all invaders and occupation and participated in all revolutions starting with the revolution of 1804 against the Ottoman occupier and the overthrow of the governor Khurshid Pasha until the revolution of July 30, 2013 against the government of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The Coptic history proves the homeland was always attached to the church that cares for the homeland offering even the blood of its fathers. However, their children don’t find prober places to pray in Upper Egypt that they hold their prayers inside poor churches very similar to the sheep the supplier where Jesus Christ was born.
Those poor people celebrate the Nativity feast with Jesus Christ and are truly attached to their Lord. They celebrate the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth!
The Nativity of Christ and the prayer of poor Copts in the Supplier
Suleiman Shafiq
We celebrate the Nativity of Christ once a year, but we also celebrate his birth with every new born child. The Virgin traveled with Joseph to register and the prophecies were fulfilled: “‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel”
Thus, the Nativity was linked to a national civil even from its very beginning. And so did the Egyptian churches as they are called Coptic (related to Egypt) before they are called Orthodox, Catholic or Evangelical. Therefore, the Copts rejected all invaders and occupation and participated in all revolutions starting with the revolution of 1804 against the Ottoman occupier and the overthrow of the governor Khurshid Pasha until the revolution of July 30, 2013 against the government of the Muslim Brotherhood.
The Coptic history proves the homeland was always attached to the church that cares for the homeland offering even the blood of its fathers. However, their children don’t find prober places to pray in Upper Egypt that they hold their prayers inside poor churches very similar to the sheep the supplier where Jesus Christ was born.
Those poor people celebrate the Nativity feast with Jesus Christ and are truly attached to their Lord. They celebrate the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth!
