{"id":56119,"date":"2018-03-21T14:58:30","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T12:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/site\/?p=56119"},"modified":"2018-12-12T14:51:49","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T12:51:49","slug":"%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%83%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%b1-%d9%85%d9%87%d9%86%d8%af%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b0%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%83%d9%88%d9%86-%d9%81%d8%ae%d8%b1%d9%89-%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%82-%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%ac%d8%b3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copticocc.org\/en\/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%af%d9%83%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%b1-%d9%85%d9%87%d9%86%d8%af%d8%b3-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b0%d9%8a%d8%a7%d9%83%d9%88%d9%86-%d9%81%d8%ae%d8%b1%d9%89-%d8%b5%d8%a7%d8%af%d9%82-%d8%ac%d8%b1%d8%ac%d8%b3\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Eng. Deacon Fakhry Sadek Gerges\u2026 A Luminous Candle (Arabic)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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His Grace Bishop Ermia\u2026 The General Bishop and<\/span><\/h2>\n

Head of the Coptic Orthodox Cultural Center<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u201cWell done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord.\u201d (Matthew 25: 21)<\/span><\/h2>\n

In fact, I got much sorrowful at the departure of Prof. Dr. Deacon Eng. Fakhry Sadek on the Christmas\u2019 Eve, as I joined him a day earlier while receiving the divine Communion, and he told me: \u201cI have got much weary!\u201d Heaven was open then and of faster response to him than us, his spirit was there, where his prepared treasure was, \u201cfor where your treasure is, there your heart will be also\u201d (Matthew 6: 21)<\/span><\/h2>\n

He was born in Beni Mazar of pious Orthodox Christian parents; Mr. Sadek Gerges, and Mrs. Nagiya Gobran Bishay, on 9th<\/sup> of August, 1932, yet his birth was registered on 5th<\/sup> of January, 1933 in his birth certificate. He is the third son among his four brothers; Mrs. Tafida, the wife of late Mo\u2019awad Dawoud Abdel Noor, Archdeacon Fawzi, Mrs. Fawzeya (May God prolong her life). His father worked at the Egyptian Railways, and was used to move from a place to another due to his work nature. In 1963, he got married to Mrs. Caren Arnest in Germany and was gifted with three children; Magda, Mervat and Michel.<\/span><\/h2>\n

I have maintained a long strong relationship with Prof. Dr. Deacon Eng. Fakhry Sadek Gerges, I will summarize some of his traits, despite words are ineffective while describing this mighty man who was a virtuous servant and teacher\u2026 He was a strong calm man, competent in management, organization and ministry work.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Amidst all this, he had never forgotten his spiritual life, he was adhering to attending masses, a keeper of tunes and prayers, being influenced by Saint Pope Cyril VI whom he knew while he was a monk living in St. Mina\u2019s Church in Zahraa Misr Al Qadima. He used to go to Pope Cyril, bake the holy bread with him, pray with him in the praise then the mass, so, he learnt the love of church, monasticism, praise and daily prayer, it is worth noting that he is the one who wrote the present billboard in St. Mina\u2019s Church in Zahraa Misr Al Qadima in Coptic Language (the current headquarter of St. Mina\u2019s Monastery).<\/span><\/h2>\n

Dr. Fakhry is considered a prominent distinct figure in the Coptic Church\u2019s history in the twentieth and the twenty first Century. He was a well known servant by the church since his early youth, he served in many districts, as Beni Mazar, Alexandria and Cairo foremost, in addition to his service for a period abroad in Germany, where he taught his beloved and mastered Coptic language with all its dialects in many districts.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Lord set His lamp on the top of a lampstand to be seen by many, who would learn from him and be disciples of him, he taught many male and female servants, priests, monks and bishops, who all have never forgotten his favor but rather they do acknowledge him as a modest teacher and servant, who taught them the Church\u2019s language. He had devoted all his talents, knowledge and study to join his brilliant family in the Coptic language.<\/span><\/h2>\n

The late Mr. Mo\u2019awad Dawoud Abdel Noor, one of the past century\u2019s pioneers in the Coptic language, and the husband of Mrs. Tafida, Fakhry\u2019s elder sister, expressed thanks to him in the foreword of the Coptic Language Dictionary in its Lower and Upper Egyptian dialects (Coptic \u2013 Arabic), third edition, saying: \u201cIn this occasion, I can only express thanks to all who assisted in producing this dictionary, especially the late Eng. Fawzi Sadek Gerges and his brother Dr. Eng. Fakhry Sadek Gerges, whose beautiful legible handwriting had the upper hand in delivering the dictionary in this form.\u201d<\/span><\/h2>\n

Dr. Fakhry is a man of doctrine and conscience, whose life and virtues will ever be living in our hearts, he was much intelligent, active, cultured, circumspect, assiduous, working, role model, honest, noble, dignified, complaisant, modest, brave, loving, firm, sacrificing, peaceful, tolerant, loyal to his country, a son of the church, honest in all his acts before the Lord, an ideal husband and a tender father.<\/span><\/h2>\n

I am closely connected to his family and children, he used to be a regular visitor of the Monastery of St. Mina, the Wonderworker, especially at Kiahk month every year. We used to listen to him at the evening praise, as he used to pray in his beautiful voice and accurate proper Coptic reading, particularly in the Greek parts then the Coptic commentary parts, we felt as if we were in heaven, he sued to pray the Sunday praise of Kiahk until morning.<\/span><\/h2>\n

He was received together with his family by the Triple Beatified His Grace Abba Mina Ava Mina, as they were beloved by Saint Pope Cyril VI, they were also dear to the monastery\u2019s council of monks.<\/span><\/h2>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Early in this century, we\u2019d pray the Kiahk praise weekly, and hold the mass in the Diocese of South Sinai\u2019s location in Cairo, where heaven is called to our minds while we are on earth.<\/span><\/h2>\n

–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 He had an effective and distinct role in:<\/span><\/h2>\n