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The history, art and culture of Copts in Egypt. With English subtitles

In this 2016 documentary, the history of the Coptic faith in Egypt is being told. We´re not only shown the artefacts of the Coptic Museum in Cairo, but the entire history of the rise of Christian belief in a country where for thousands of years, ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses had been revered. It´s astonishing to see how this ancient belief, together with Greco-Roman culture, has influenced early Christianity. Today it´s often forgotten that before the arrival of Islam in the 7th century, many Middle Eastern countries were part of the (East)Roman empire and had a predominantly Christian population. I put these beautiful images of Coptic chapels, churches, monasteries, statues and paintings on the internet in the year 2016, hoping that in 10 years from now, they´ll still be standing safely and untouched in Egypt. It is a breathtakingly beautiful country, and the only country in the world where visitors can marvel at ancient Egyptian monuments, archaic Christian churches and elegant mosques at the same time. Let´s hope that just like the stone monuments of different religions, the people in Egypt will also be able to live together peacefully for the coming centuries! By the way: there are almost no Jewish monuments left over in Egypt anymore. In Cairo and Alexandria, two synagogues are still standing. The one in Alexandria has not been used for 30 years. It is guarded by police and can only be visited by Jews and Non-Egyptians(!). Today, the Jewish community in Alexandria consists of 8 women and 2 men, the youngest one is 60 years old. In Cairo, the community consists of 12 persons. All over Egypt, an estimated number of 100 Jews are living, down from around 80,000 in 1948. – Let´s hope that the future of today´s around 5 to 8 million Copts in Egypt (around 10%) looks brighter than the one of Egypt´s Jewish population. Note: the voice-over by “Saint Anianus“ is not based on original texts. (It wouldn´t be logic that he talks about his own funeral...) No copyright infringed intented. I do not own anything in the video, everything belongs to its respective owners.