Martyrs of the monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor
Martyrs
Died
26 May 2017 Minya, Egypt[2]
Venerated in
Coptic Orthodox Church
Feast
15 February (Amshir 8)[3]
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Terrorism in Egypt
Sadat assassination (1981)
Ras Burqa (1985)
Cairo (1990)
Cairo (1996)
Luxor (1997)
Sinai (2004)
Cairo (2005)
Sharm el-Sheikh (2005)
Dahab (2006)
Cairo (2009)
Khan el-Khalili (2009)
Nag Hammadi (2010)
Alexandria (2011)
Imbaba (2011)
Sinai (2011–2023)
Sinai (2012)
Kerdasa (2013)
Mansoura (2013)
Cairo (2014)
Taba (2014)
Al-Wadi Al-Gedid (2014)
Sinai (2014)
Sinai (Jan 2015)
Barakat assassination (2015)
Sinai (July 2015)
Cairo & Giza (2015)
Metrojet Flight 9268 (2015)
Arish (2015)
Hurghada (2016)
Arish (2016)
Sinai (2016)
Botroseya Church (2016)
Palm Sunday (2017)
Minya (2017)
Rafah (2017)
Hurghada (2017)
Sinai (2017)
Saint Menas Church (2017)
Minya (2018)
Cairo (2019)
El Qantara (2022)
On 26 May 2017, masked gunmen opened fire on a convoy carrying Copts from Maghagha in Egypt's Minya Governorate to the Monastery of Saint Samuel the Confessor, killing at least 33 people[5] and injuring 22 others.[6][7]
^"ISIS claims responsibility for killing 29 Coptic Christians in Egypt". Nine.com.au. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
^ليبيا.. اعترافات مثيرة للشاهد على ذبح الأقباط. العربية. 7 October 2017.
^لماذا اعتمد المجمع المقدس 15 فبراير عيدًا لشهداء الكنيسة؟. مصراوي.كوم.
^اليوم.. نقل رفات شهداء دير الأنبا صموئيل إلى مزار خاص داخل كنيسة الجرنوس. مصراوي.كوم.
^"Gunmen kill at least 28 Coptic Christians in central Egypt". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
^"Egypt Coptic Christians killed in bus attack". BBC. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
^"Dozens dead as gunmen attack bus of Coptic Christians in Egypt". The Telegraph. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
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