15 February 2015 · Modern revival
On 15 February 2015, the terrorist group ISIS published a video showing the beheading of 21 Christians held captive in Sirte, Libya — twenty of them Egyptian Copts and one from Ghana. Pope Tawadros II gave them the title 'Martyrs of the Faith' and canonized them as saints just one week after the incident, on 21 February 2015.
27 December 2014 — First batch abducted from Sirte
January 2015 — Second batch abducted
15 February 2015 (8 Amshir in the Coptic calendar) — ISIS publishes the mass beheading video
21 February 2015 — The 21 martyrs officially canonized as saints by the Coptic Orthodox Church
15 May 2018 — Remains of the 20 Egyptian martyrs officially returned to Egypt and buried
September 2020 — Remains of Ghanaian martyr Mathew Ayarijga arrive and are buried alongside his fellow martyrs
May 2023 — Pope Francis announces the inclusion of the 21 martyrs in the Roman Martyrology
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بدماء هؤلاء الشهداء الواحد والعشرين، كُتب فصل جديد من فصول الشهادة في تاريخ الكنيسة، امتد أثره من صعيد مصر إلى أرجاء العالم كله، حتى صار اسمهم مقصدًا للزائرين، وسيرتهم درسًا في الثبات على الإيمان مهما كان الثمن. بشفاعتهم جميعًا، نطلب أن يكونوا عونًا وبركة لكل من يذكر اسمهم بإيمان. صلاتهم تكون معنا. آمين
During the Attack
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