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A New Image of the Coptic Martyrs of Libya, by Nikola Sarić
The New Liturgical Movement ^ | 10/3/15 | Gregory DiPippo

Posted on 10/19/2015 6:16:20 PM PDT by marshmallow

I recently stumbled across this interesting new piece of work by Mr Nikola Sarić, a Serbian artist currently living in Hannover, Germany. (Reproduced here with his kind permission.) It represents the martyrdom of the Coptic Martyrs of Libya, a group of Egyptian Copts who, as I am sure most of our readers will remember, were working in Libya when they were captured by Islamic fanatics, and had their throats cut on the seashore this past February.

With them was a man named Matthew Ayariga, from the Subsaharan nation of Ghana, who was not himself a Copt, but on witnessing the martyrs’ courage in choosing death over denial of their Christian faith, joined them in confessing Christ, and professing their faith as his own, saying “Their God is my God. ” The Coptic Pope, His Holiness Tawadros II, officially recognized them as martyrs, and ordered that their commemoration be inserted into the Synaxarium; their feast is kept on February 15th.

Notice how the waves of the sea stained with the martyrs’ blood are shown around the edge of the image;

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1 posted on 10/19/2015 6:16:20 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Beautiful!

Glory to God!


2 posted on 10/19/2015 6:18:14 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: marshmallow

Islam is truly demonic, in the grossest sense of the word.

From.Hell.


3 posted on 10/19/2015 6:32:10 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: marshmallow

Holy martyrs pray for us!


4 posted on 10/19/2015 7:29:29 PM PDT by pke
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To: marshmallow

Those little black outfits that covered their faces won’t cover them from God. What kind of a twisted religion would believe that would be pleasing to God?


5 posted on 10/19/2015 7:54:27 PM PDT by boycott
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A new Crusade is coming—God will not let this stand. The killers are cursed with the blood of these martyrs. They will come to no good in this life and the next.


6 posted on 10/19/2015 8:54:13 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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A new Crusade is coming—God will not let this stand. The killers are cursed with the blood of these martyrs. They will come to no good in this life and the next.


7 posted on 10/19/2015 8:54:13 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll Onward! Ride to the sound of the guns!)
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To: Talisker

Proves I was right about Islam.

Pray for the conversion of ALL to Christ!


8 posted on 10/20/2015 3:57:38 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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