Instructions from H.H. Pope Shenouda

Below you will find a letter written by H.H. Pope Shenouda addressed to the Coptic Church and her children in Australia imploring us to not forget the blessings, holiness and memories contained within our precious and lonely St Mary’s Church in Sydenham. This letter constitutes H.H.Pope Shenouda’s instructions to the Church in Australia.

H.H. Pope Shenouda emphasises the importance of our Church in Sydenham being our Coptic identity and heritage, being the place that birthed us Copts in Australia and being the first Coptic Church in Australia, granted to us and blessed by our Mother, the Holy St Mary, Mother of God.

H.H. Pope Shenouda stresses that in our busyness with the move to the new Church in Bexley and busyness and congestion in our own lives, that we not forget our origin, our heritage and our birthplace, being St Mary’s Coptic Church in Sydenham.

H.H. Pope Shenouda adored our first Church in Australia and urged his children to hold fast to our heritage and identity. He made a point to come to Australia, to pray at St Mary’s in Sydenham.

Pray for us and our Church Pope Shenouda.

Letter written by H.H. Pope Shenouda, addressed to the Coptic Church and her children in Australia, imploring us to not forget, the blessings, holiness and memories contained within our precious and lonely St Mary’s Church in Sydenham.

We are in the process of having this accurately translated to English. This post is a summary, based on a verbal translation. Please ask any relatives or friends to read it translate this for you, if you only read English.

Please stand with us to save our heritage. Please stand with us to honor our beloved Pope Shenouda’s prayers and hopes for St Mary’s Church in Sydenham by coming and praying with us on 6 December 2015, 4PM – 7:30PM, at the very feet of St Mary’s Church in Sydenham, 24A Railway Rd, Sydenham. God bless you.