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The History of the Copts Podcast is part of @copticvoiceus – a 501C(3) non-profit with the mission to help forge a global Coptic identify.

Jonathan Adly

  • Nov 14, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
  • every other week NEW EPISODES
  • 29m AVG DURATION
  • 110 EPISODES


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Joyful Gifts

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2020 0:45


Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! How does Joyful.gifts work? You tell us who you want to give gifts to, set a budget, we select, buy and ship your gift automatically every occasion while you have peace of mind! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 97. Epilogue

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 23:44


Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! Intro Music: Lullaby of Democracy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CU09lSXzKk Outro Music: Stranger - Poem by Pope Shenouda III - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnGsPsbAtK0&t --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 96. Cyril Ibn Laqlaq

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2020 27:58


The reign of Cyril, the 7th Crusade, the Rise of the Mamluks. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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A New Home!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 1:15


visit https://historyofthecopts.com/ Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

Special Announcement. The End.

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 6:15


An end date for the Podcast! Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

Episode 95. Golden Age.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 26:03


The Fifth Crusade and the golden age that wasn't supposed to happen. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 94. The Empty Throne.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 29:09


When there was no Patriarch... Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 93. The Third Crusade. Part 2

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 19:57


Closing the Crusading loop. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 92. The Third Crusade. Part1

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 29:59


Europe comes to Jerusalem. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 91. Jerusalem, again!

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2020 27:53


Back to Jerusalem! Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 90. The Leper King

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2020 30:17


Pre-Second Crusade Greater Syria and Egypt. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

Episode 89. Salah ad-Din

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 33:13


Saladin's conquest of Syria. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 88. The Iron Rod.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 35:28


The reigns of the Patriarchs John the Fifth and Mark Ibn Zur'ah. Special appearance by the enigmatic priest Murqus Ibn al Qunbur. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Bonus Episode 9. Interview w/ Dr. Werthmuller

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 92:28


Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! Insights from the Fatimids and Ayyubids period from Dr. Werthmuller - author of Coptic Identity and Ayyubid Politics in Egypt, 1218-1250 Available here: https://amzn.to/2D4Z2zz --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 87. The Massacre of Bilbais

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2020 32:27


When the Crusaders were in Cairo. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 86. Convergence

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2020 29:47


The second Crusade and the emergence of a unified Syria. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 85. The Battles of Gabriel

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 34:18


The reign of Gabriel II Ibn Turayk - the slow decline of the Fatimids and the rise of anti-Christian tension in Egypt. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 84. True Crime

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 36:39


The beginning of the end of the Fatimids. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 83. The Monk Who Had Nothing

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 32:16


Macarious, the 69th Patriarch. The Crusaders first attempt to conquer Egypt. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 82. A kingdom is born

Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2020 32:42


The Fatimids move to crush the Crusaders. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 81. Jerusalem

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 31:48


The Crusades begins... Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 80. The Cannons of Cyril

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2020 28:30


The life and times of Cyril II, politics in Egypt just before the Crusades. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 79. The Armenian Conquest

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 29:00


An Armenian freed slave comes to conquer Egypt. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 78. The Seljuk Turks

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2020 32:02


The Patriarch is captured and sold as a slave. The Seljuk Turks arrive to the Middle East. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 77. The Cannons of Christodoulos

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 30:16


See the cannons here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/35648035 Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

Episode 76. The myth of al Hakim

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2020 31:06


The end of al Hakim reign. Shenouda the 2nd and Bukhaira. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 75. The Greater Persecution

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 29:17


al Hakim measures against Christians and Jews in the Caliphate. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 74. The Year 1000

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2020 31:14


Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! The early reign of the controversial Caliph al Hakim bi amr allah and the elevation of the Patriarch Zachariah --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 73. The Saga of Ibn Raga

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2019 36:12


Al Aziz reign. Philotheus the Patriarch. Paul Ibn Raga. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 72. When the Mountains Moved

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 27:34


Yeb. Someone moved a mountain, but what did REALLY happen? Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

Episode 71. Abraham and Sawrius

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2019 31:30


The Fatimid State. The Patriarch Abraham Ibn Zari'ah and Severus of Al Ashmunin. Prelude to Al-Muqattam. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 70. Assassination

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2019 32:55


The life and death of Theophanous (Theophilus), the 60th Patriarch of Alexandria. The conquest of Egypt by the Fatimids. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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A special Announcement - Coptic voice Summit

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2019 14:48


Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! Identity and Leadership Summit, learn more: http://copticvoiceus.com/ Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coptic-voice-identity-and-leadership-summit-tickets-74770403289?aff=ebdssbeac --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 69. Into the 10th Century

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 33:03


First half of the 10th Century, a prelude to the Fatimids. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 68. The Mystery of Al Farghani

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 35:27


Legacy of Ibn Tulun, the Qarmatian revolt, the Fatimids. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 67. Shenute the Steward

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2019 34:04


Shenute last few years, Ibn Tulun's death, and the council of Damascus. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 66. Ibn Tulun

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2019 15:19


Ibn Tulun consolidating his rule in Egypt. Exclusive Episode. Music Credit: Paul Hanna. O Kyerios Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 65. The Anarchy of Samarra

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2019 27:25


The breakdown of the Caliphate - Ibn Tulun coming to Egypt Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

Episode 64. The Jealous Servant

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2019 31:18


Dhimmitude. Al Mutwakill. Shenouda The Steward. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 63. Joseph of Alexandria

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2019 35:38


The reign of Pope Joseph, the 52nd Patriarch of Alexandria. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 62. The Last Rebellion

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019 35:48


The depopulation of the Delta after the bashmourite rebellion. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 61. The death of a city

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2019 36:41


The destruction of Alexandria, the reign of Pope John and Mark. Harun Al Rasheid Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 60. Arabic Egypt

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2019 33:11


When the settled Arabs became Egyptian; sixth and seventh revolts of the 8th Century Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 59. The Arab Empire

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2019 34:39


When the Middle East became Arab. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 58. The Bashmourites

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2019 30:00


The end of the Ummayd. The Bashmourites and the beginning of the Abbasid era. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 57. The Casket

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2019 28:48


First and second Coptic rebellions, the exploits of the Moses, bishop of Wasim. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 56. The Apocalypse

Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2019 29:01


The troubled reign of Pope Alexander, Apocalyptic texts, and the prelude to the 1st Coptic revolt. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 55. Poisoned Figs

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2019 30:01


Start of the 8th Century, Pope Simon and Pope Alexander. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 54. The appointed one

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2019 31:37


Pope John the merciful and Isaac. The relationship between the Muslim administration and the Papacy. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Episode 53. A bumpy ride

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 33:44


On the transformation of the Early Caliphate to a theocratic monarchy, the death of Pope Benjamin and the relationship between his successor Agathon and the Melkite Church in Egypt. Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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Bonus Episode 7. The State of the Union

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2019 32:47


Modern Theological Dialogue. Closing the Loop on Chalcedon Dedicated to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikos_Nissiotis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulos_Gregorios Announcing Joyful.gifts. The best way to do gifts! Visit Joyful gifts to start today! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/historyofthecopts/support

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