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title: "Mina Samy · St Cyril’s"
url: https://stcyrils.edu.au/faculty/mina-samy
description: "Mina Samy, Lecturer in Coptic Liturgy. Mina H. Samy was born in Cairo, moving to Sydney in 2011. With a background in Engineering, he went on to study…"
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Qualifications

* BE (Honours), UNSW
* MA (Theological Studies), St Cyril’s
* PhD (cand.), USyd

Faculty

# Mina Samy

Lecturer in Coptic Liturgy

**_Mina H. Samy_** was born in Cairo, moving to Sydney in 2011\. With a background in Engineering, he went on to study theology at St Andrew’s Greek Orthodox Theological College and St Cyril’s Coptic Orthodox Theological College. A current doctoral candidate at the University of Sydney, his research focuses on liturgical studies (with a special focus on the Coptic liturgy), as well as the intersection between Theology and Liturgy.

#### Research & supervision interests

Liturgy; Liturgical Theology; Coptic Rites.

#### Recent publications

Mina H. Samy, “The Hymn of Intercessions (ϩⲓⲧⲉⲛ) in the Coptic Liturgical Rite,” _Coptica_ (forthcoming).

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