Saint Takla Haymanout website: Coptic Orthodox church heritage, Egypt.. A Coptic Orthodox Online Archive.. The list of Coptic saints catalogs individuals formally venerated as holy by the Coptic Orthodox Church, an ancient Oriental Orthodox communion rooted in Egypt and upholding miaphysite Christology since the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD. [1]
The synaxarium is a book that includes short accounts on the lives of the saints or feasts and fastings arranged according to the Coptic calender. It is usually read after reading the Acts in the Divine Liturgy.. Saints The Saints are dear brothers who have struggled like us and have departed to Paradise. They are not dead, but are sleeping, as our Lord said (Jn 11:11) and as St. Paul called them (1 Thess 4:13). Our early fathers spoke clearly and in detail about our relationship with Saints.