Thine is the Power and the Glory

by Pope Shenouda III

"Indeed, Lord, Thine is the Power and the Glory and the Blessing and the Honor forever Amen... You, Lord, are the Only Mighty One who overcame sin, the world and the devil... You, Lord, demonstrated an amazing power through Your miracles and works which no one else had ever done... You gave us, Lord, an example of the power that loves and sacrifices, that endures and gives even against its own interests..." . Pope Shenouda III This book has contemplations by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III on the prayer that is chanted during The Holy Passion Week by the Coptic Orthodox Church, "Thine is the Power and the Glory and the Blessing and the Honour, forever Amen" . Pope Shenouda was Pope and Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

60 pages, Paperback

Published February 2, 1992

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.