Coptic Church recognizes martyrdom of 21 Coptic Christians

The Coptic Orthodox Church has announced that the murder of the 21 Egyptian Christians killed by the so-called Islamic State in Libya will be commemorated in its Church calendar.

Pope Tawadros II announced that the names of the martyrs will be inserted into the Coptic Synaxarium, the Oriental Church’s equivalent to the Roman Martyrology. This procedure is also equivalent to canonization in the Latin Church.

According to terrasanta.net news service, the martyrdom of the 21 Christians will be commemorated on the 8th Amshir of the Coptic calendar, or 15 February in the Gregorian calendar. The commemoration falls on the feast day of the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple.

The names of the martyrs are: 

1. Milad Makeen Zaky
2. Abanub Ayad Atiya
3 Maged Solaimen Shehata
4. Yusu Shukry Yunan
5. Kirollos Shokry Fawzy
6. Bishoy Astafanus Kamel
7. Somaily Astafanus Kamel
8. Malak Ibrahim Sinweet
9. Tawadrps Yusuf Tawadros
10. Girgis Milad Sinweet
11. Mina Fayez Aiziz
12. Hany Abdelmesih Salib
13. Bishoy Adel Khalaf
14. Asmeul Alham Wilson
15. Worker from Awr Village
16. Exat Bishri Naseej
17. Loqa Nagaty
18. Gaber Munir Adley
19. Esam Badir Samir​
20. Malak Farqg Abram
21. Sareen Salah Farug

See also: ICN 21 February 2015 - Brother of slain Egyptian Christians prays for their killers www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=26787

Source: Terra Santa/SAT