Iris Habib Elmasry
Iris Habib Elmasry (إيريس حبيب المصري) was a prominent Coptic Historian (1910–1994).
Iris received her Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Education from Maria Grey College, University of London in 1932.
Between 1952 and 1954, she pursued her research at Dropsie College, Philadelphia, and in 1955, she went to the National Gallery, London to obtain further materials and documents. In 1954, Pope Joseph II appointed Iris as the female delegate of the Coptic Church to the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Evanston, Illinois, USA.
From 1955 to 1985 Iris continued to lecture in Coptic History at both the Seminary in Cairo and Alexandria and at the Institute of Coptic Studies. Iris died Saturday, July 2, 1994.
Iris Habib Elmasry (إيريس حبيب المصري) was a prominent Coptic Historian (1910–1994).
Iris received her Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Education from Maria Grey College, University of London in 1932.
Between 1952 and 1954, she pursued her research at Dropsie College, Philadelphia, and in 1955, she went to the National Gallery, London to obtain further materials and documents. In 1954, Pope Joseph II appointed Iris as the female delegate of the Coptic Church to the Second Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Evanston, Illinois, USA.
From 1955 to 1985 Iris continued to lecture in Coptic History at both the Seminary in Cairo and Alexandria and at the Institute of Coptic Studies. Iris died Saturday, July 2, 1994.
Literature
- The story of the Copts-The true story of Christianity in Egypt (vol I)
- The story of the Copts-The true story of Christianity in Egypt (vol II) Part 1 Part 2