Opening Remarks: Envisioning St. Mark’s Coptic Museum in the Future Coptic Canadian Village, Markham

Abstract

Allow me to first put this topic into context. When His Holiness Pope Kirollos VI commissioned me to minister to the worship and pastoral needs of the Copts in the USA and Canada, I discussed this most serious venture with H.G. Bishop Samuel while we were attending the Second Vatican council in Rome. With the Grace of God, we decided to start by initiating four areas of ministry: