Coptic Church
Egyptian Christianity, where Michael has twelve feast days a year. Coptic icons and their distinct faces, the monasteries of Wadi el-Natrun, the Nile-flood blessing on 12 Paoni, hymns and vespers, and a devotion older than most of the European material.
Part of Saint Michael
20 moments in this segment.
- - Iglesia copta de Asuán, arcángel Miguel, fresco de la cúpula, Egipto, abril de 2009. Dome fresco of the Archangel Michael in the Coptic cathedral at Aswan, modern photograph of contemporary Coptic church painting.
- - Interior of Archangel Michael's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Aswan (Egypt). Interior of the Coptic Orthodox cathedral of the Archangel Michael in Aswan, photographed 2010.
- - Archangel Michael's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Aswan (Egypt). St Michael's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Aswan, Egypt, consecrated 2006; photographed 2010.
- - The Red Monastery and Late Antique Egyptian Painting. Art historian Elizabeth Bolman introduces the Met's Red Monastery conservation project, recovering late antique Coptic wall painting in Upper Egypt.
- - DW: Egypt's Coptic Christians Under Pressure. DW documentary on the security situation of Egypt's Coptic minority, the community that maintains the country's churches of Saint Michael.
- - Coptic Christians in Ottoman Egypt, 1517-1798. Febe Armanios of Middlebury College on Coptic religious practice and communal life under Ottoman rule, the period in which Egypt's Michael dedications were maintained.
- - Faith and Healing: Disease Management in Byzantine Egypt. Gesa Schenke's lecture in the Material and Written Culture of Christian Egypt series on healing practice in Byzantine Egypt, where shrines of Michael functioned as healing sites.
- - An Archaeology of Egyptian Monasticism. Louise Blanke of Edinburgh lectures on the settlement, economy and daily life of the White Monastery Federation, part of the Coptic material culture series.
- - Icons of the Archangel Michael in the Coptic Tradition. A Coptic heritage series episode surveying icons of Archangel Michael in Egyptian churches. In Arabic.
- - The Coptic Orthodox Church: A Short Documentary. Background on the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, the Egyptian tradition in which Michael is among the most venerated of all saints.
- - Seven Antique Icons at a Church of the Angel Michael. Coptic television surveys seven historic icons preserved in the Archangel Michael church at Kafr Samri, Egypt. In Arabic.
- - Coptic Bishop Benjamin of Menouf on the Archangel Michael. A Coptic Orthodox episcopal lecture broadcast on CTV Egypt, the Coptic Church's satellite channel, explaining Michael's place in Coptic doctrine and liturgy.
- - The Met: Africa and Byzantium Exhibition Tour. Curator Andrea Myers Achi tours the Metropolitan Museum exhibition on African contributions to Byzantine art, including Coptic and Ethiopian material with angelic imagery.
- - The Ancient Churches of Coptic Cairo. Tour of the oldest churches of Coptic Cairo and the Coptic Museum, the setting for Egypt's long tradition of Michael dedications.
- - Coptic Vespers for the Feast of the Archangel Michael. The eve service (ashiya) of Michael's Coptic feast, sung by Fr Rewis Farid, documenting the liturgical shape of Coptic devotion to the archangel.
- - The Coptic Hymn 'Fai Etaf-Enf' for the Archangel Michael. A Coptic-language hymn chanted after the Synaxarion on Michael's feasts, 12 Paoni and 12 Hathor, and on his monthly commemoration on the 12th of every Coptic month.
- - Coptic Christianity Explained. Religious studies survey of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt, the tradition in which churches dedicated to the Archangel Michael are among the most numerous.
- - Coptic Madeeh Praise Hymn to the Archangel Michael. A madeeh, the Coptic Orthodox devotional praise genre, addressed to Michael as commander of the Lord's hosts and intercessor for protection.
- - Coptic Doxology of the Archangel Michael, in Arabic. The doxology (dhoxologia) sung for Michael in the Coptic Orthodox rite, here in Arabic with the text on screen.
- - Pope Shenouda III Teaches on the Archangel Michael. Coptic Orthodox teaching drawn from the late Pope Shenouda III on Michael as commander of the heavenly host, a central figure of Coptic veneration.