St. Mary the Coptic

Galations5:22

hi. i have to do a lesson on St. Mary the Coptic. I am having trouble finding information online. i was wondering if anyone had any information on her. it would be a great help. thank you so much.

ilovesaintmark

Do you mean St. Mary of Egypt? (the Egyptian)

ophadece

THat must be her ilovesaintmark... Coptic essentially means Egyptian

Zoxsasi

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hi. i have to do a lesson on St. Mary the Coptic. I am having trouble finding information online. i was wondering if anyone had any information on her. it would be a great help. thank you so much.


I know for a fact that she's extremely popular in the Greek Orthodox Church. You may find her story on their websites.

Cyril97

If it is indeed St. MAry of Egypt then you may want to see this website:
http://www.copticchurch.net/topics/synexarion/maryofegypt.htm
As you can probably see, this is a reliable source.
God bless, Pray for me,

Cyril

anba bola

Her full life story is here: http://www.stmaryofegypt.org/life.aspx

The link Cyril97 provided is basically a summary of this.