Mushure mekunge maKristu apemberera Isita Svondo, eTurboNews inokwevera kutarisiro kuchitendero cheCoptic uye nehupfumi hwayo hutsika uye nhaka yetsika.
Mamdouh Halim weAl Qahirah kuEgypt anotsanangura kuti kwave kune simba guru rehupenyu hwekare hweEjipita pamhanzi yechitendero yakakurumbira yeCoptic Orthodox Church kubvira payakavambwa naSt. Mark the Evangelist muzana ramakore rekutanga AD.
"Chechi yeCoptic mbiri yeEgypt yekare," muzivi ane mukurumbira muEgypt Dr. Taha Husayn akadaro nezve chechi yechiKristu ine mukurumbira.
Uyezve, Halim anotenda kuti mimhanzi yemweya yechechi ndiyo yakapfuma kwazvo pasi rose, sezvo neimwe nzira inomutsidzira mimhanzi yakafanana kune yakamboitwa munguva yeFaraonic. Mushure mekunge maCopt agamuchira kutenda kutsva, Chikristu, vazukuru vaFarao vakada kuumba nziyo dzavo dzemweya pahwaro hwemimhanzi yakagara iripo kubva panguva yavo, akawedzera Halim.
Muma1990, chechi yakaraira kurambidza kushandiswa kwezviridzwa zvemimhanzi, kunze kwengoma uye zvimwe zviridzwa zvekutanga, kuitira kuvhiringidza kutarisa kwevakuru veRoma avo panguva iyoyo vaitambudza maKristu. Vakasarudza kutsamira pasimba redokoriro ravo. Kusvika nhasi, chechi inoridza nziyo zvinoenderana nenziyo dzechinyakare dzekuIjipita, kunyanya paVhiki rePassion kwavanoridza mimhanzi, yakajairika yemhemberero dzemariro zviuru zvemakore apfuura.
Saizvozvo, iyo Coptic Museum ishanduro yeCoptc ine simba mweya pamabasa avo ehunyanzvi. Iyo Coptic Museum muCairo kutaura zvazviri, yakatanga semuseum yechechi kusvika muvambi wayo Marcus Simaika Pasha, asinganeti uye nekutsunga kukuru uye nepfungwa yekuona, akatanga kugadzira iyo yakazara yakazara Coptic Museum muna 1908.
Muna 1910, iyo Coptic museum muguta guru reEgypt yakavhurwa. Iyo ine zvikamu zvinoverengeka zvinopa akati wandei marudzi eCoptic Art. Zvakanyanya kukosha zvemu museum ndeye zvidhori zvekare zvinodzokera kumashure kwezana ramakore re12. Kunze kwezvinyorwa zvekare kubva muna 200-1800 AD zvichiratidza pesvedzero yekare yeEgypt pakugadzirwa kwechiKristu chepakutanga (semichinjikwa yechiKristu yakagadzirwa kubva kuPharaonic Ankh kana kiyi yehupenyu), miziyamu ine zvinyorwa zvekare zvakavhenekerwa zvakaita sekopi yemakore 1,600. weMapisarema aDhavhidhi. Pamusoro pezvo, purupiti yematombo yekare inozivikanwa kubva kuSt. Jeremiah monastery muSaqqara inova ye6th century iri kuchengetwa ipapo.
Zvakakosha, pamamuseum mana makuru muEgypt, iyo Coptic Museum ndiyo yega yakavambwa naSimaika Pasha. Haana kungoshuva kuunganidza zvinhu zvinokosha asi akava nechokwadi chokuti zvakachengetwa munzvimbo inooneka yaiwirirana netsika yavaimiririra. Kugadziridzwa kwazvino kwemuseum kunokudza ndangariro yePasha.
Muna 1989, iyo Coptic Museum muCairo yakatanga chirongwa chekudzoreredza zvidhori mukubatana nemugari wechiDutch Susanna Shalova. Nekuda kweizvozvo, Chechi yeCoptic Orthodox uye Supreme Council yeAntiquities yakatsigira kuverenga kukuru kweprojekiti, kufambidzana uye kuongorora zvinopfuura mazana maviri emifananidzo. Chirongwa ichi chakatsigirwa neAmerican Research Center.
Emile Hanna, nyanzvi yekudzoreredza kuCoptic museum, akati mifananidzo inosvika makumi matatu neimwe kubva kuCoptic Museum yakadzoserwa ichiteerana nemisimboti yechikoro chekare chekudzoreredza, kunyangwe paine kuomerwa nekudzoreredza kuratidzwa kwezana 31-17th.
Mumazuva apo Simaika Pasha akafunga nezvekuvaka iyo Coptic museum mudunhu reOld Cairo, akasarudza motifs aishandiswa pafaçade yeAl-Aqmar mosque yakakurumbira. Ikoku kunosimbisa tsinhirano inobatanidza zvitendero zveEgipita nebudiriro. Kuwirirana, zvisinei, hakuna kudzivirira makwikwi epamusoro pakati pezviratidziro zvezviyeuchidzo zveFaraonic uye Coptic monuments. Iyo yekupedzisira, pamusoro pekubata kukosha kwenhoroondo, inobatawo kukosha kwechitendero uye pamweya, nyaya dzevasande uye zviratidzo zvekutenda kweCoptic Orthodox, izvo zvinoita kuti zviyeuchidzo zveCoptic zvisanyanya kukosha pane izvo zveFaraonic.
