About This Site
Saint Okeen the Copt, an Egyptian monk of the third and fourth centuries.
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Who We Are
We are lovers of Coptic monasticism and children of Saint Mar Okeen everywhere in the world: in Egypt, America, the Middle East, Syria, Turkey and Iraq.
This site is not affiliated with any advocacy organization or political group, but only with the Orthodox Church everywhere in the world.
Purpose of the Site
Service only:
- Making known the life of Saint Okeen and his disciples.
- Providing information about monasteries around the world.
- Offering Church and community services.
- Bible study.
- News of the Church and of the diaspora.
Sources
- The History of Monasticism, by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III.
- The Life of Saint Mar Okeen, by His Grace Anba Matthaeus, Bishop and Abbot of the Monastery of the Virgin Mary (El-Sourian) in Wadi El-Natrun, Egypt.
- Manuscript no. 297 (Homilies), in the library of the El-Sourian Monastery.
- The Monastery of Mar Okeen (Mar Awgin), Mount Izla.
- Monk-fathers of the monasteries of Syria and Iraq, some websites, and Syriac manuscripts.
- The Spirituality of the Tasbeha, by Hegumen Paphnutius el-Souriany.
- Our father the monk, Hegumen Okeen el-Souriany.
- Fr. Dale A. Johnson.
About This Edition of the Site
Okeen.net was founded in 2008. In 2026 the site was completely renewed, its content gathered from the current site and from the archive of the old site (2008–2018), and a complete English edition was published at SaintOkeen.com, alongside the Arabic site at Okeen.net. On the pages of his Life we distinguish what is documented in historical sources from what is Church tradition. The English translations follow the terminology of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
Contact: okeen@okeen.net