Origen

Origen

male, deceased (254)
Origen (Greek: "Ōrigénēs", 185–ca. 254) was an early Christian scholar, theologian, and one of the most distinguished of the early fathers of the C...

Mikhail Girgis el Batanouny

male
Source: Summarized from "A Recent History of Coptic Hymns" by Albair Gamal Mikhail, head of the Heritage of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Boutros Ghali

Boutros Ghali

male, deceased (1910) (Egypt)
Boutros Ghali ; (Born 1846 - February 20, 1910) was a Coptic Prime Minister of Egypt from 1908 to 1910. He was accused of favouring the British in...
Bentley Layton

Bentley Layton

male, 68 years old (New Haven, Connecticut, United States)
Bentley Layton (born 1941), is Professor of Religious Studies (Ancient Christianity) and Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations...

Jean-François Champollion

male, deceased (1832)
Jean-François Champollion was a French classical scholar, philologist and orientalist. Champollion deciphered the Egyptian hieroglyphs with the h...

Demiana

female
Saint Demiana, ("Timiany" in Coptic), also known as the "Chaste and Fighter Virgin", is an Egyptian martyr of the late third/early fourth century....
Bishop Serapion

Bishop Serapion

male
Bishop Serapion of the Los Angeles was born in Assiut on November 10 1951. Following his graduation from the Faculty of Medicine at Assiut in 1975,...
Hugh Nibley

Hugh Nibley

male, deceased (2005)
Hugh Winder Nibley (born March 27, 1910 in Portland, Oregon - died February 24, 2005) was one of Mormonism's most celebrated scholars. Nibley is...
Youssef Sidhom

Youssef Sidhom

male
Youssef Sidhom is the editor-in-chief of the Egyptian weekly newspaper "Watani", the only Christian newspaper in Egypt. He is the son of "Watani's"...
Matta el Meskeen

Matta el Meskeen

male, deceased (2006)
Father Matta El Meskeen or Matthew the Poor (20 September 1919 – 8 June 2006) was an Egyptian Coptic Orthodox monk and also the spiritual father of...