Remembering the Saintly 21 Coptic Christians Killed on Feb. 15 by Terrorists who are Now Martyrs of the Coptic Church
(Icon of the 21 Coptic Holy New Martyrs Written by Tony Rezk).
In his message, Pope Francis highlighted that the 21 Coptic martyrs were “baptised as Christians with water and the Spirit, and that day also baptised with blood. They are our Saints, Saints of all Christians, Saints of all Christian denominations and traditions”. The Holy Father then thanked “the bishops, the priests of the Coptic sister church which raised them and taught them to grow in the faith”.
Terrasanta.net, said that the martyrdom of the 21 Christians will be celebrated on the 8th Amshir of the Coptic calendar, or February 15th of the Gregorian calendar. Their murder was recorded on a video entitled “A Message Signed in Blood to the Nation of the Cross”. The terrorists beheaded the Christian men, while some called “Lord Jesus Christ” before their death. This killing has strengthened the faith of the Coptic Christians in Egypt. A brother of 2 Copts killed, Beshir Kamel, said, “ISIS gave us more than we asked when they didn’t edit out the part where they declared their faith and called upon Jesus Christ. ISIS helped us strengthen our faith.” Kamel said his mother forgave the killer, "My mother, an uneducated woman in her sixties, said she would ask [him] to enter her house and ask God to open his eyes because he was the reason her son entered the kingdom of heaven,” Many of them repeated the name of Jesus as they were murdered.
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