Athanasius (Coptic Bishop)
Anba Athanasius (born February 2, 1923 in al-Mahalla al-Kubra , † November 16, 2000 in Bani Suwaif ) was an Egyptian Coptic Orthodox bishop and founder of the order .
Life
Abdel Maseah Bisharah was born in 1962 by Pope Kirellos VI. appointed Bishop of Beni Suef and Al Bahnasa . He took the metropolitan name Athanasius . In 1965 he founded the women's order Banat Maryam (Daughters of Mary) as the first Coptic Orthodox order with a charitable instead of purely contemplative orientation. Sister Sara emerged from the order and made a name for herself as a collaborator and successor to Sister Emmanuelle .
literature
- Pieternella van Doorn-Harder: Contemporary Coptic Nuns . University of South Carolina Press, Columbia 1995.
- Sister Sara : Sister Emmanuelle. My girlfriend and mother. Our lives for the garbage collectors in Cairo . Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck 2013, p. 23 ff., 213.
Individual evidence
- ^ Sister Emmanuelle. My girlfriend and mother. Our lives for the garbage collectors in Cairo. Tyrolia-Verlag, Innsbruck 2013, p. 213
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| SURNAME | Athanasius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Athanasius, Bani-Suwaif and el-Bahnasa, Metropolitan; Athanasius, Anba; Bisharah, Abdel Maseah (Previous name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Bishop and Order Founder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | al-Mahalla al-Kubra |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 2000 |
| Place of death | Bani Suwaif |