Calmness: With a Work on Optimism

by Pope Shenouda III, Moses Samaan (Editor), Glynnis Younan (Translator)

This book is a completely revised edition of one of the most popular works of the Thrice-Blessed Pope Shenouda III. His Holiness delivered these four lectures on the virtue of calmness at the Cathedral of St. Mark in Cairo and later at the Monastery of Abba Bishoy in Wadi El Natrun in 1983.

To help modern readers appreciated the depth and wisdom of His Holiness’ words, this book features a carefully revised version of the original English translation.

104 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 13, 2022

About the author

H.H. Pope Shenouda III (Coptic: Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲅ̅ Papa Abba Šenoude pimah šoumt , Arabic: بابا الإسكندرية شنودة الثالث‎ Bābā al-Iskandarīyah Shinūdah al-Thālith; born Nazeer Gayed Roufail نظير جيد روفائيل ) was the 117th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria from his consecration on 14 November 1971 until death. Previously, as Father Antonios the Syrian, Pope Cyril VI appointed him to the bishopric of Christian Education and as Dean of the Coptic Orthodox Theological Seminary, and renamed him Shenouda in honour of the renowned scholar and writer in Coptic, Saint Shenouda the Archimandrite on 30 September 1962.

In 2000, Pope Shenouda III was awarded the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence by UNESCO Director-General Koichiro Matsuura.