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Coptic Community reaction to Tanta and Alexandria events.

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Lesson we learn 1-    Deacons in the Church of St. George in Tanta were praying the Liturgy of the Word in the feast of Palm Sunday. They were saying the hymns of Εγλοςιμενοσ , you can find the words for this hymn here http://tasbeha.org/hymn_library/index.php?msg=&a=view&id=142 they were praying the part which says Hosanna to the King of Israel;   and then they continued the hymn in heaven. Here is the last seen before explosion happens , no worry no graphic scenes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMPKFyNtLJk 2-    Our Coptic Orthodox Church, lives the Pascha week as Egeria explained by the end of the fourth century, so after Palm Sunday we have the Pscha hours of the eve of Monday. This was the turn out in one of the churches (Thanks to Caroline Moawad for the pictures) 3-    Is it an image of people who hate life, the above Church is located in an area where people are highly educated and have prosperous jobs. What you see i...