Coptic Orthodox Books from St Shenouda Press

I teach teenagers in Sunday school at a Coptic church in Mississauga, Canada. I struggled to find Orthodox resources for each church season. Then I found the Teens series, and now I use it in class, youth group and reading clubs.

It was always hard to find saints’ stories to read to my children. Then I found the St Shenouda Press books on the saints. They inspire my children to go to church and to pray at night.

I wanted to join the Orthodox Church, but I found very few printed books. I downloaded a free ebook from St Shenouda Press, found a Coptic church near me and visited. The priest gave me This Great Mystery of Life, and I kept reading.

I was a teenager when my church read On The Incarnation For Teens in a book club. I came to understand the Incarnation and Christmas. An ancient text came alive for me.

I found the Orthodox Church on a screen. I watched the podcast and the YouTube interviews with priests, and I loved their authenticity and conviction. I visited a church near me and found the same warmth in the community, and the same fatherhood in the priest. I am still searching, and what I have found so far is warmth, and a father.