Protestant Tours a Coptic Orthodox Church

The Coptic Orthodox Church, which is a part of the Oriental Orthodox church, is one of the ancient apostolic churches. Throughout the centuries, it has done a remarkable job of preserving its liturgy and theology. However, until recently, its footprint outside of Egypt has been almost non-existent. Within the last 100 years though, it's made inroads in the West.
In this video, I'm joined by Fr. David Milad for a tour of his church, St. Barnabas and St. Susanna Coptic Orthodox Church in Baltimore, Maryland. We discuss liturgy, theology, and what the state of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the West is.
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[@theodoreperkoski1951]

Every time I am in contact with the Coptic Church, my thoughts go to that beach in Libya, and the witness of the 21 Martyrs that gave up their lives rather than deny Jesus Christ. That witness was so strong that it swayed the African member of that group, to give up his life. Words fail to express how I really feel.

[@nickdavila94]

Glory to God!

[@CJ-rk5eg]

Truly modern day martyrs, and such a tragic and evil force in the name of “religion”

[@frmichaelsorial]

Awesome video. Anyone in the Baltimore area should definitely make a visit to Saint Barnabas in Saint Susanna. Father David and the church community that he is pouring himself into is an absolute treasure.

[@kristaklumpenhouwer7914]

I love Matt Whitman’s videos like this. I think Austin does an awesome job as well in his questioning and curiosity in our Christian faith dialogues and learning from each other’s traditions. Looking forward to watching when this releases.

[@GospelSimplicity]

Matt was definitely the pioneer for these! He does a fantastic job.

[@jg7923]

I worked with Coptic Orthodox Christians in Nashville TN when I was Banquet Server. They were very nice.

[@gabrielgabriel5177]

I love coptic orthodo church. So spiritual especcially in Egypt.

[@jacobbrunk8621]

That's crazy. Just yesterday I was talking with a congregant from that church about visiting and talking with the priest

[@GospelSimplicity]

@@jacobbrunk8621 what a small world! Fr. David is wonderful

[@tysongames2750]

My wife and I have been slowly converting to the Coptic Church for the past two years. Great place to be, but take your time and don't rush. I mean, it used to take catachumen 10 years to convert, so in that since, we're ahead of the game 🙂.

[@katywest]

Praise God that the developer couldn't change the zoning!!

[@angelamegale]

So excited for this!!!

[@graceweikert2935]

Hey Austin! Love your videos. I've always enjoyed your ecumenical care in your videos. I am a filmmaker in the greater DC & Baltimore area if you ever need help with video editing/filming. Keep it up!

[@GospelSimplicity]

@@graceweikert2935 I would love to talk more about this! My email is in the about section, or you can use the contact form on my website. Let’s talk!

[@jimmu2008]

I really hope they keep the paint of Jesus pulling Peter out of the Sea of Galilee. It reminds me of the painting that is behind the altar at the Lutheran Church where I was baptized and confirmed.

[@johnmb69]

Awesome! I've learned a bit from Subdeacon Daniel Kakish and the Lion's Den here on YT. This should be interesting...

[@toddvoss52]

Once you got to the book table, the audio kept going in and out. EDIT: left finally but came back on my laptop and all was good. Wish I had done it sooner.

[@biniam_hailu]

Coptic church ❤

[@WHEREYOSAFEAT]

Kyrie Eleison ☦

[@jezuzjuize]

finalllllllly

[@gabrielgabriel5177]

Best thing

[@SuperBoomer34]

I would sincerely love to know why you call yourself Protestant? I think it can be argued that there really is no such thing as Protestantism. If Protestant = not Roman Catholic, even that delimits Protestantism to being something like western non-Roman Catholicism. But then again, that is even meaningless as there are exceptions to that. I think Lutheranism is a tradition, Presbyterianism is a tradition, Anglicanism is a tradition, but Protestantism is not unified by anything but "non-Roman Catholicism". And in this sense, Protestantism is Roman Catholic Propaganda. There is no such thing as Protestantism. So, why not articulate a definite tradition? I should say, I am not nocking traditions like Lutheranism or Presbyterianism. I am just saying I don't think Lutherans and Presbyterians and Anglicans are actually closer to each other than to Rome. There are too many Anglicans and some Lutherans who truly are closer to Rome or Constantinople than to the Presbyterians, or Reformed, or Baptists. My point is: calling oneself "Protestant" seems to be a pointless and even meaningless moniker (no personal criticism to you at all). Why not just call yourself whatever tradition you find yourself in.

[@kurtwhiteley481]

because he's non denominational :D he still attends a non denominational church according to the a livestream from a little while ago

[@MountieHoo1105]

The traditional definition of Protestant is non-Catholic non-Orthodox. I distinctly temper that being in the encyclopedia Britannica in the 1990s and even in history text books. But because Protestants have claimed squatters rights on the word “Christian” and came up with “non-Denominationalism” the historical meaning of Protestantism is lost.

[@lifematterspodcast]

Lutheranism & Anglicanism are explicitly a protest of the Catholic Church. Thats why they are Protestant. They are also non-Apostolic and cannot trace their ties to Jesus Christ through succession.