About Us

About US

The European Academy for Coptic Heritage (TEACH), is a registered charity trust in the United Kingdom since 2019.

TEACH objective is to deliver courses, studies and literature on various components of the Coptic culture and heritage as well as other denominational traditions contained within an online academic presentation to Europe and universally.

The subjects are presented mainly in English, Arabic, and French languages, and some expectation Italian, German and Dutch.

Thus, irrespective of language and culture, interested individuals would be motivated to visit TEACH website should they either wish to read or study.

Academic board

• Bishop Arsani (The Netherlands)
• Bishop Tomas (Egypt)
• Bishop Yousef (USA)
• Al Khoury Doctor Yousif AlBanna(UK)
• Prof Shereen Azer (USA)
• Dr Victor Fouad (France)
• Prof Gawdat Gabra (USA)
• Eng Jean-Marc Kelada (France)
• Prof Magdalena Kuhn (Belgium)
• Fr Joseph Paliouras (UK)
• Fr Antoine Tahan (Lebanon)
• Prof Michael Henein (UK)
• Mrs Barbara Soliman (Egypt)

Our Objectives

To advance education for the public benefit in Coptic history, heritage, language and music by:

• - Documenting Coptic religious, social, and political history to the highest academic standards.
• - Presenting the Coptic Heritage in European and other countries.
• - Transcribing Coptic music from the oral tradition into Western notation, preserving the earliest musical forms where possible.
• - Teaching simplified methods of reading and learning Coptic Music using Western notations.
• - Investigating the origins of Coptic music where these can be determined.
• - Establishing the spiritual understanding and practice of Coptic hymnology.
• - Encouraging original research in various Coptic subjects and publish the scientific results in peer reviewed International journals and conferences.
• - Portraying the scientific, theological and spiritual power in Coptic iconography, investigating its origins where possible and comparing it with other denominational art.
• - Documenting all other aspects of Coptic heritage.
• - Making the information available to all, either free or at reasonable cost, and to publicise its existence in various European languages
• - Promoting the translation of Coptic theological, musical, spiritual and historical heritage into different European languages. and
• - Promoting ecumenical activities, to foster unity and greater understanding of each other’s heritage

Academy Structure

Chancellor

H.H. Pope Tawadros II

SECTION LEADERS AND TEACHERS

• New Testament: Fr Mousa Anba Pishoy
• Old Testament: Bishop Pavly
• Coptic Catechism: Fr Tadros Malaty
• Coptic Language: Bishop Demitrios, Fr Kyrellos Makar, Fr Maurice Bassili, Dr Nabil Ishak, Dr Ahmes Pahor, Prof Shereen Azer, Dr Mariam Abdel Malak, Tasoni Magda Fouad Tanios
• Liturgy History: Fr Athanasius St Makarius and Fr Basilios Sobhy
• Coptic Hymnology: Deacon Ibrahim Ayad, Eng Arsani Sidaros and Dr Emad Sidhom
• Church History: Dr Nabil Raphael, Dr Mena Abdelsayed and Fr Morkos Fakhry
• Coptic Civilization: Dr Gawdat Gabra and Dr Saad Michael Saad
• Coptic Music: Prof Maged Ibrahim, Professor Mena Hanna, Mr Mina Salama and Mr Osama Fathy
• Coptic Youth: Bishop Mousa and Bishop Pavly
• Coptic Child: HH Pope Tawadros
• Coptic Rituals: Archdeacon Ekladios Ekladios and Deacon Christian Issac
• Christian Counseling: Bishop Youssef and Sister Youanna St Fibi
• Coptic Iconography: Sister Sawsan Wadie Mr. Fady Mikhail
• Interdenominational Studies: Bishop Arsani, Bishop Angaelos, Bishop Hovakim, Metropolitan Silwan, and Fr Joseph Paliouras, AlKhoury Yousif AlBanna and Fr Antoine Tahan
• French section: Bishop Louka, Bishop Marc, Dr Sami Kolta and Eng Jean Marc Kelada
• Dutch section:Bishop Arsani, Fr Stefanos Shokralla, Dr Mathew Beshay and Mr Mina Yacoub
• German section: Bishop Demian and Bishop Gabriel, Fr Maurice Basili
• Italian section: Bishop Antonio, Fr Shenouda Gerges. Silvana Bebawy and Antonios Khalil.

ADMIN PERSONNEL

• Academy Registrar: Mr Mina Louka
• Secretaries: Mrs Barbara Soliman and Mrs Isis Fahim
• Regional Co-ordinators:
  • France: Eng Jean-Marc Kelada
  • Netherlands: Dr Mattew Beshay
  • Italy: Ms Silvana Bebawy
  • Switzerland: Father Mina Nemr
  • Austria: Bishop Gabriel
  • Germany: Bishop Demian
• Website Developers: Eng Virginie Awad Allh, Eng Michel Bashares, Ms Veronia ElKommos Wissa, Mr Andrew Ayoub, and Innuva IT Solutions
• Sound Engineer and Academic Musician: Eng George Dergham
• Translation and interpretation:
  • English: Ms Yvonne Alfred, Dr Roushdi Demyan, Mr Adel Ekladios, Mr Sameh Shafik and Miss Irini Abdelmessih
  • French: Eng Jean-Marc Kelada, Mr Wagdi Faltas, Mrs Nadia Kelada, Mrs Hanan Fawzy and Ms Karma Morcos
  • Italy: Ms Merna Abdel Sayed and Mr Michael Abdelsayed
• Economy: Mr Emad Elias
• Financial advisor and Website Manager: Mr Mina Louka
• Legal advisor: Ms Manal Fouad and Mr Thej Pinidiya
• Management and Logistics: Prof Ashraf Khir