List of Coptic saints

Early church historians, writers, and fathers testified to the numerous Copt martyrs. Tertullian, 3rd century North African lawyer wrote "If the martyrs of the whole world were put on one arm of the balance and the martyrs of Egypt on the other, the balance will tilt in favor of the Copts." Despite periods of martyrdom and persecution the number of believers continued to grow and the lives of the martyrs inspired many to the Christian faith.

The following is a list of saints commemorated by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. The majority of saints are from Egypt with the majority venerated in all of Christianity.

Alphabetical list of Christian Saints in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria

Archangels

Group of Martyrs

21 Coptic Martyrs of Libya

A

St. Abraam
St. Anthony the Great
St. Athanasius the Apostolic

B

St. Bishoy Kamel
  • Babnuda, the anchorite, martyr
  • Balamon, the anchorite
  • Barbara and Juliana, martyrs
  • Barsanuphius, monk, martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt
  • Barnabas, one of the seventy apostles
  • Bartholomew, one of the twelve apostles
  • Bashnouna, monk, martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt in 1164
  • Basil, bishop of Caesarea
  • Basilides and Potamiana, martyrs
  • Basilissa, the child martyr
  • Basilius, metropolitan of Jerusalem
  • Basin and her Children
  • Benjamin I, the 38th Pope of Alexandria
  • Benjamin II, the 82nd Pope of Alexandria
  • Bessarion, disciple of St. Anthony the Great and later St. Macarius the Great
  • Bisada, the priest, martyr
  • Bishoy Kamel, the hegumen
  • Butamina, the chaste virgin, martyr

C

St. Cyril VI

D

  • Dabamon
St. Demetrius
St. Demiana and the 40 Virgins

E

F

Sts. Felix, Regula, Exuperantius

G

St. Gregory of Nyssa

H

St. Heraclas
  • Habakkuk, one of the minor twelve minor prophets
  • Habib Girgis, dean of Catechetical School of Alexandria
  • Hadid, the priest
  • Haggai, one of the minor twelve minor prophets
  • Hannah, the prophetess, mother of Samuel the prophet
  • Hedra, the anchorite, bishop of Aswan
  • Helena, empress, built numerous churches in Egypt
  • Hepatius, bishop of Gangra
  • Heraclas, the 13th Pope of Alexandria
  • Heraclides, the martyr
  • Hermina, the anchorite
  • Hezekiah, the king
  • Hilaria, daughter of Emperor Zeno, lived disguised as a monk
  • Hilarion, the anchorite of Palestine
  • Hor, the ascetic, disciple of St. Pachomius
  • Hor, Besoy, and Daydara, martyr
  • Hor and Susia and their children, and Agathon the hermit, martyrs at Tamouh
  • Hosea, one of the minor twelve minor prophets
  • Hour and his mother Theodora, martyrs
  • Hour El-Siriakousy, martyr
  • Hripsime, (Arbasima), Third Century Armenian martyr

I

St. Isidore of Pelusium

J

St. John Chrysostom
St. John Colobos

K

  • Karas, the anchorite of Scetes, brother of Emperor Theodosius the Great
  • Karas, first bishop of the United States
  • Kaou, martyr
  • Keriakos, the anchorite
  • Kedron, the 4th Pope of Alexandria
  • Kloug, physician, ascetic, priest, and martyr
  • Kosheh Martyrs, martyrs during the Islamic occupation of Egypt in 2000
  • Pope Kyrollos the Sixth

L

  • Latsoun, the anchorite, native of El Bahnasa
  • Lazarus of Bethany, the beloved of the Lord
  • Lazarus, Salomi, his wife and their children, martyr
  • Leonides of Alexandria, martyr, father of Origen
  • Longinus, abbot of Ennaton monastery in Alexandria
  • Longinus, Roman soldier who pierced Jesus Christ in his side on the cross
  • Lucas I, bishop of Manfalut and Abnub
  • Lucas II, bishop of Manfalut and Abnub
  • Lucilianus and four others with him.
  • Luke, one of the four evangelists

M

St. Maurice
St. Mercurius
St. Moses the Black

N

O

St. Onuphrius the Anchorite
  • Obadiah, one of the minor twelve minor prophets
  • Olaghi, the anchorite
  • Onesimus, the disciple of St. Paul
  • Onesiphorus, one of the seventy apostles
  • Onuphrius, the anchorite, one of the desert fathers (also called, Abba Nofer)
  • Otimus, the priest

P

St. Pakhom
St. Parsoma
St. Poemen
  • Pakhom, the father of cenobitic monasticism (i.e. of the Koinonia)
  • Pa’esia (Athanasia) of Minuf
  • Pambo, one of the desert father
  • Pantaenus, the 4th Dean of Catechetical School of Alexandria
  • Pantaleon, the physician and martyr
  • Paphnutius, 10th-century bishop
  • Paphnutius, the anchorite, disciple of St. Macarius of Egypt
  • Paphnutius, bishop of Thebaid
  • Philomena, Virgin, Martyr
  • Parsoma, the "naked"
  • Patapios, Desert Father, Hermit
  • Paul, the Apostle
  • Paul of Tamouh, 4th-century hermit
  • Paul of Thebes, the first anchorite, the first hermit
  • Paul the Simple, disciple of Anthony the Great
  • Peter, the brother of Andrew the Apostle
  • Peter I, the 17th Pope of Alexandria
  • Peter II, the 21st Pope of Alexandria
  • Peter III, the 27th Pope of Alexandria
  • Peter IV, the 34th Pope of Alexandria
  • Peter V, the 82nd Pope of Alexandria
  • Peter VI, the 104th Pope of Alexandria
  • Peter VII, the 109th Pope of Alexandria
  • Peter Elrahawy, bishop of Gaza
  • Philemon, the priest
  • Philip, one of the twelve apostles
  • Philip, one of the seven deacons
  • Philogonus, patriarch of Antioch
  • Philotheos, the 63rd Pope of Alexandria
  • Philotheos, martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt in 1380
  • Philoxenous
  • Phoebammon (Aba-Fam), the soldier, martyr from Awsim
  • Pigol, founder of the White Monastery
  • Pijimi, the anchorite, one of the desert fathers
  • Pisentios
  • Pishay, founder of the Red Monastery
  • Pishoy, the righteous and perfect man, the beloved of our good savior, the star of the desert
  • Pisora, the bishop of Masil, martyr
  • Poemen, one of the desert fathers at Scetes
  • Porphyrius, bishop of Gaza
  • Primus, the 5th Pope of Alexandria
  • Prochorus, one of the seven deacons
  • Prophorius (Porphyrius), jester martyred by Emperor Julian the Apostate after a mock baptism he refused to disown[3]
  • Protus and Hyacinth, martyrs
  • Psote, bishop of Ebsay

Q

  • Qozman El-Tahawy, martyr
  • Quartus, one of the Seventy Disciples
  • Quarshenoufa (Warshenofius), martyr

R

  • Rais, martyr
  • Rebecca and her five children Agathon, Peter, John, Amun, & Amuna
  • Rhipsime, Gaiana, and her sisters the virgins

S

St. Severus
St. Sidhom Bishay
St. Simon
  • Salib, martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt
  • Samson, one of the judges of Israel
  • Samuel the Confessor, abbot of the El-Qualamon Monastery
  • Samuel the Prophet
  • Sana the soldier
  • Sarah, the nun of Upper Egypt
  • Sarah, one of the Desert Mother
  • Sarah and her two Sons, martyr
  • Sarapamon, archpriest of the Monastery St. John the Dwarf
  • Sarapamon, bishop of Niku
  • Sarapamon, the veiled, bishop of El-Monufia
  • Savories
  • Serapion, bishop of Thmuis, disciple of St. Anthony the Great and St. Athanasius the Apostolic
  • Serapion, the monk
  • Sergius and Bacchus, martyrs
  • Severianus, bishop of Gabala
  • Severus, bishop of Ashmunein, historian
  • Severus, patriarch of Antioch
  • Shenouda, the Archimandrite, abbot of the White Monastery
  • Shenouda I, the 55th Pope of Alexandria
  • Shenouda II, the 65th Pope of Alexandria
  • Shenouda III, the 117th Pope of Alexandria
  • Sidhom Bishay, martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt in 1844
  • Silas, the anchorite
  • Silvanus of Scetes, friend of St. Macarius the Great
  • Simeon I, the 42nd Pope of Alexandria
  • Simeon II, the 51st Pope of Alexandria
  • Simeon, of Menouf, martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt
  • Simon, the apostle and martyr
  • Simon, the stylite
  • Simon, the tanner, he moved the Mokattam mountain
  • Sina, the soldier, martyr
  • Sinouti el-Bahnasa, martyr
  • Sisoes the Great, one of the desert fathers
  • Sophia, the martyr
  • Sousenyos, martyr
  • Stephanos, the anchorite of the wilderness of Fayoum
  • Stephen, the archdeacon, protomartyr
  • Stephen, the priest & Niketa the martyr
  • Stratios, the anchorite

T

Theotokos, Saint Mary
  • Tamada and her children, and Armenius and his mother
  • Tekle Haymanot, the Ethiopian
  • Thecla, the martyr
  • Theoclia, martyr
  • Theodora and Didymus, martyrs
  • Theodora, 4th-century nun at the convent near Alexandria
  • Theodora, chaste virgin martyr
  • Theodora, the monk
  • Theodore, disciple of St. Pakhomius
  • Theodore the Martyr
  • Theban Legion, is entire Roman legion of 6666 men
  • Theodore, the prince of Mishreke
  • Theodore, the prince of Shotb
  • Theodoros I, the 45th Pope of Alexandria
  • Theodorus, disciple of St. Pachomius
  • Theodosius I, the 33rd Pope of Alexandria
  • Theodosius II, the 79th Pope of Alexandria
  • Theognosta, the virgin
  • Theonas, the 16th Pope of Alexandria
  • Theophilus I, the 23rd Pope of Alexandria
  • Theophilus II, the 60th Pope of Alexandria
  • Theophilus, the monk of the Ennaton monastery near Alexandria
  • Theophilus & His Wife, martyr in Fayyum
  • Theopista, took it upon herself to become a nun and honored with the holy Eskeem
  • Theotokos, the pure, full of glory, ever-virgin, Saint Mary, who in truth, gave birth to God the Logos
  • Thomas, the apostle and martyr
  • Thomas, the anchorite of Shinshif
  • Thomas, Victor, & Isaac, of the city of Ashmunein
  • Timon, one of the seven deacons
  • Timothy, the anchorite
  • Timothy, the apostle, bishop, and martyr
  • Timothy, bishop of Ansena
  • Timothy I, the 22nd Pope of Alexandria
  • Timothy II, the 26th Pope of Alexandria
  • Timothy III, the 32nd Pope of Alexandria
  • Titus, the apostle, and disciple of St. Paul

V

  • Varus, the soldier and martyr
  • Verena, associated with the Theban Legion
  • Veronica, a young girl from the monastery of virgins near Akhmim, martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt in 749
  • Victor, the soldier, from Asyut, martyr
  • Vizier Abu Elaala Fahd ibn Ibrahim, martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt

W

Y

Z

  • Zacharias, the 64th Pope of Alexandria
  • Zacharias, bishop of Sakha
  • Zacharias, the perfect monk of Scetes
  • Zadok, and the 128 saints with him martyred in Persia
  • Zechariah, the priest and martyr
  • Zechariah, one of the minor twelve minor prophets
  • Zephaniah, one of the minor twelve minor prophets
  • Zosimas of Palestine, 5th-century anchorite

References

Atiya, Aziz S. The Coptic Encyclopedia. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1991. ISBN 0-02-897025-X

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