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Mina Khairy Writer
Mina Khairy is an Arabic songwriter for churches.
El Ard (The Land)
In the mid-2000s, a priest named Father Mikhail came to Nashville to take care of the youth. He was wildly successful as a preacher, organizer, and thinker. He understood that reaching the youth meant understanding both cultures--the Egyptian side…
St. Macarius the Great Coptic Orthodox Church
A community church in Antioch, St. Macarius meets weekly in a Protestant church to pray and be in fellowship. The congregation is served by Father Pemwah, a non-Nashville resident like many of the priests.
St. Theodore Coptic Orthodox Church
Another community church for those who live in Hendersonville (north of Nashville), St. Theodore prays and is in fellowship twice a month on Saturdays.
St. Philopateer Coptic Orthodox Church
A community church of the Southern Diocese, the church congregation meets in a Protestant church twice a month to pray and be in fellowship in Mount Juliet, a suburb in Wilson County. Like St. Mina, St. Pishoy and St. Barbara, it will be a Coptic…
Pope Kyrillos the Sixth Coptic Orthodox Church
Named after a modern famous Coptic partiarch and saint, Pope Kyrillos is nestled in the woods of Cane Ridge near Century Farms, the controversial new development that plowed acres and acres of land for residential and business development in an…
St. Karas Coptic Orthodox Church
The first Coptic Orthodox church in Murfreesboro, the church is a signal to the displacement of Egyptians into Rutherford County and also the prioritization of youth/second generation as the church is located near MTSU.
Archangel Michael Coptic Orthodox Church
This Coptic church is stationed in LaVergne, specifically in the industrial area, and sits right between Davidson and Rutherford Counties. The current priest is Father Cherubim Khalil.
St. Barbara Coptic Orthodox Church
Currently housed in a Protestant church, as is common for new Coptic Orthodox ventures, St. Barbara is meant to be the first Williamson County church. In the summer of 2021, the congregation's board bought land in Williamson County for $1 million to…
Saint Verena American Coptic Orthodox Church
One of the latest Coptic churches that started by renting Protestant churches near the university area, St. Verena is the brainchild of the bishop who wanted an evangelical church that is English-only and prioritizes "American culture."