OUR MOTHER THE SAINT VIRGIN

There is no woman about whom the prophets prophesied, and about whom the Holy Bible cared, like the Virgin Mary.......There are
numerous symbols about her in the Old Testament. In the New Testament also, there are her biography, her praise, and the miracles.
How many are the glorifying expressions and the contemplations, which were cited about the Virgin in the books of the fathers.........How full of praise are the surnames by which the Church calls her, and which
are inspired from the Spirit of the Holy Bible.......!
She is the mother of all of us, the lady of all of us, the pride of our kind, the queen at the right side of the King, the Virgin with perpetual
virginity, the pure, the filled with grace, the saint Mary, the powerful and helpful compassionate mother, the mother of the Light, the mother of mercy and salvation, the true vine.
This is the one whom the Church elevates over the rank of archangels, so that we say about her in her hymns and songs:
O Mary, you have been raised above the cherubims, and have become higher than the seraphims, O Mary.
Mary who was bred up in the temple, and lived the life of prayer and
contemplation since her childhood, and who was the sacred vessel whom the Lord has chosen to come inside her.
Long generations waited for the birth of this Virgin, so that the
fullness of the time would become complete by her (Gal.4:4)....
She has removed the shame of Eva, and saved the reputation of
women after sin.
She is the mother of God, in perpetual virginity.
She is the Virgin who came to our country during the childhood of
Christ, and inhabited our land for years, during which she sanctified it, and blessed it.........
She is the Virgin who appeared in Zeitoun 32 years ago, and
attracted to her the feelings of the crouds, with her light, her appearance, and her visit to us.........
She is the Virgin who makes miracles in numerous places, where we
celebrate feasts for he. The stories of her miracles are innumerable.....
The Virgin is not a stranger to us; because she is profoundly assimilated with the feelings of Copts that come out from faith to special experience and emotion. How great an honor is it for our country and our Church, to be visited in past times by our Lady the Virgin! How great an honor is it that our Lady appeared on her domes many years ago!
There is not a human being whom christians have loved so much as our Lady the Virgin Mary.  

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