Purpose of The COCC
Saint Verena and the Three Holy Youth Coptic Orthodox Church was established in 1999 to serve a primarily English-speaking congregation with an active youth. In 2001, the congregation purchased the existing building with classrooms suitable for a school on the land. Father Gregory Bishay started his service in the parish in 2001 while Father Boulos Baky arrived in 2006.
All services are held in English. The church helped establish a system of using Powerpoint presentations to aid parishioners in following the liturgy. Also, the church is the publisher of the popular "Holy Pimoly" animated series aimed at instructing children in the Orthodox faith using an easy-to-understand cartoon character.
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Family Retreat: Sept. 4-6. Labor Day weekend. Register by the bookstore. Deposit required to register.
Dr. Nabil Soliman’s presentation about Communication in the Christian Family - on Saturday, February 20: Hymns’ and Coptic Lessons: We now have weekly Hymns’ and Coptic Lessons every Friday at 6:15 PM. These are educational classes to teach the congregation the liturgy hymns so we all praise God with one voice. No previous knowledge is required. e-Scrip: Automatic support for the church when you shop or dine out.
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Social Announcements
Congratulations to our youth on winning the following awards in the Youth Spiritual Competition: Jr. High Team A – 1st Place Overall Jr. High Team B – 3rd Place Overall College – 3rd Place Church History Our condolences to George and Sylvia Youssef for the departure of Sylvia’s aunt, Mrs. Isabelle Refaat. May the Lord repose her soul in the paradise of joy and console the family. Our condolences to Mike Hanna for the departure of his grandfather, Mr. Louis Todary (in Egypt). May the Lord repose his soul and comfort the family. Our condolences to Moataz and Samia Giurguis for the departure of Samia’s mother, Mrs. Samira Tawfik Issa (in Egypt). May the Lord repose her soul and comfort the family. Congratulations to all the graduates of 2010 Preschool: Ally Alexandria, Adriana Benyamin, Angelina Shehata Kindergarten: Isaiah Attia, Paul Ghaly, Yustina Girgis, Anna Kamel, Katherine Rafla, Matthew Sorial 6th Grade: Natalie Bishay, Sandra Boutros, Matthew Ellern, Luke Fahmy, Marina Gergis, Michael Hannalla, Sarah Labib, Jonathan Tanious 8th Grade Jr. High: Alyssa Alexander, Yasmine Armanios, Karim Barsoum, Michael Khalil, Lucas Rizkalla 12th Grade: Lisa Alexander – Loyola Marymount University, Anthony Ayoub – UC Riverside, Fady Barsoum – UC Irvine, James Hanna – UC Irvine, Monica Hanna – UC Santa Barbara, Patrick Hanna – El Camino College, John Ibrahim – University of Pennsylvania, Demiana Mishreki – Cal State Fullerton, Mark Saad – UC Irvine, Ramy Wissa – UC Riverside, Johnny Yacoub – UC Riverside College: John Aziz – BA History, Sam Aziz – BS Engineering, Luke Hanna – BS Biochemistry/Biology Graduate: Lourdes Acevedo – Masters of Education, Daniel Nashed – Masters of Education, Ann Tadros – Doctorate in Pharmacy |
