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On 15 February 2024, an ecumenical prayer service [34] was held at the Choir Chapel of Saint Peter's Basilica to celebrate the first commemoration of the 21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya in the Catholic Church. [35] Cardinal Kurt Koch, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity, presided at the service and preached the homily. [36]
Tertullian, a 3rd-century North African lawyer, wrote, "If the martyrs of the whole world were put on one arm of the balance and the martyrs of Egypt on the other, the balance will tilt in favor of the Copts." The following is a list of saints commemorated by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya: Various One from Ghana, others from Egypt: 2015 Sirte, Libya: February 15, 2015 February 21, 2015 Laymen and martyrs [2] See also.
Timothy [21] Philemon [22] Age of Martyrdom—2nd to 4th centuries ... 21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya, 2015; Akash Bashir, 2015; Jacques Hamel, Normandy 2016;
Copts in Libya may refer to people born in or residing in Libya of full or partial Coptic origin. Coptic people are an ethnoreligious group that form the largest Christian group in Libya, the Coptic Orthodox Church in the country having an estimated 60,000 adherents. The Coptic Church is known to have historical roots in Libya long before the ...
21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya, (2015, Libya) commemorated in the Roman Martyrology [1] List of blesseds. Benedict Daswa, layman and martyr (South Africa)
On 15 February 2015, militants in Libya claiming loyalty to ISIL released a video depicting the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians. Subsequently, the victims were commemorated as martyr saints on the 8th Amshir of the Coptic calendar, which is February 15 of the Gregorian calendar. [89]
Pope Francis announced that the 21 Coptic Martyrs killed by ISIS in Libya in 2015 would be added to the Catholic Roman Martyrology. Pope Tawadros gifted relics from each of the 21 martyrs to the Vatican.