Works

Pope Shenouda’s literary output is staggeringly large, comprising well over a hundred books of which many were translated into English. He also wrote hundreds of articles in Coptic periodicals (chiefly al-Kiraza, which he founded) and delivered public lectures every week for virtually his entire papacy. A full list of his entire oeuvre would be a significant undertaking. A more realistic goal (and one of potentially greater academic interest) would be a chronological list of the books and articles he published at different stage of his life, i.e. as Nazir Gayyid, Fr Antonios al-Suryani and Bishop Shenouda of Education. This page will be updated as progress is made; if you would like to help, please contact us.

• In the meantime, see the English works hosted at OrthoKairos and Orthodox eBooks, and the Arabic work hosted at Coptic Treasures.

Secondary Sources

Gille, Matthias. 2017. Der koptische Papst Schenuda III: Beobachtungen zu Theologie und Biografie. Anwendungsorientierte Religionswissenschaft, vol. 11. Baden-Baden: Tectum Verlag. (Tectum Verlag)

Fernandez, Alberto Miguel. 1983. “The Coptic Orthodox Salvation Theology of Anba Shenuda III.” MA Dissertation. University of Arizona. Available online at UA Campus Repository.  (PDF)

O’Mahony, Anthony. “Tradition at the heart of renewal: the Coptic Orthodox Church and Monasticism in Modern Egypt”, International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church 7, no. 3 (2007), 164–178.

A. Works

A comprehensive bibliography of Habib Girgis’ works can be found in Bishop Suriel, Habib Girgis: Coptic Orthodox Educator and a Light in the Darkness (Crestwood, NY: SVS Press, 2017): 264–67.

B. Further Reading

Jayson, Casper. “How Sunday School Sparked Revival in Egypt’s Oldest Church” Christianity Today, June 19, 2018, https://www.christianitytoday.com/history/2018/june/habib-girgis-coptic-revival-sunday-school-movement.html.

Nasim, Sulayman. 1991. “Habib Jirjis”, in Claremont Coptic Encyclopedia, vol. 4. Macmillan/Claremont Graduate University, School of Religion, 1189a–1189b.

Shenouda III (Pope). “Our Teacher Archdeacon Habib Girgis”. Translated by S. M. Saad. Watani, August 22, 2013, http://en.wataninet.com/coptic-affairs-coptic-affairs/religious/st-habib-girgis/1440/.

Suriel (Bishop). Habib Girgis: Coptic Orthodox Educator and a Light in the Darkness. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladamir’s Seminary Press, 2017. (Amazon)

Yanney, Rodolph. “Light in the Darkness: Life of Archdeacon Habib Girgis (1876–1951).” Coptic Church Review 5, no. 2 (1984): 47–52.

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Works

Bishop Gregorius’ written legacy is enormous, on a par with those of Pope Shenouda III and Fr Matta al-Miskin. If you can supply any works that are missing, especially letters or voice recordings, please contact us. A bibliography is currently being compiled and will be uploaded soon.

The most important collection of Bishop Gregorius’ written works, including previously unpublished primary sources, is Monier Ateya’s Mawsū‘at al-Anba Ghrīghūryūs, most of which can be downloaded here or on Coptic Treasures.

Further Reading

Casey, John. After Lives: A Guide to Heaven, Hell, and Purgatory, Oxford University Press, 2009 (on pages 369–399).

Guirguis, M. & van Doorn-Harder, N. The Emergence of the Modern Coptic Papacy. The Popes of Egypt: A History of the Coptic Church and Its Patriarchs, Volume 3. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press, 2011.

Hasan, S. S. Christians versus Muslims in Modern Egypt: The Century-Long Struggle for Coptic Equality, Oxford University Press, 2003 (pages 86, 88, 89, 111, 159, 205, 226–27, 246).