Oral-History Archive

According to Samy Sorial, Father Okeen El-Souriany has given his permission for his testimony, photographs and recordings to be published on Okeen.net. This page is where those recordings will be kept, each with its date, its recorder and an accurate transcript in Arabic and English.

No recordings have been published yet. The topics below are planned questions for future conversations. They are not answers, and nothing on this page should be read as words spoken by Father Okeen. Any conversation will follow his health and his wish to take part.

Planned Interview Topics

1. His childhood and early life.
2. His entry into the monastery in 1973.
3. His monastic tonsure in 1974.
4. Anba Theophilus and his spiritual guidance.
5. The choice of the name Okeen.
6. Manuscript 297 and the monastery library.
7. Memories of the elder monks of the monastery.
8. The life of prayer and monastic service.
9. Memories of Father Yousab and the 1987 icon, if he has any.
10. His spiritual advice for future generations.

Recordings

How Recordings Are Kept

• The original file is kept unchanged, and the published copy only shortened or compressed for the web.
• Each recording lists the date, the place, who recorded it and who was present.
• Transcripts follow the recording word for word; anything inaudible is marked […].

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