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Mina Aziz
Posts: 83
Joined: Feb 05, 2003
Location: MTL-Canada
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Feb 18, 2006 - 04:16 PM |
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Hello,
In a couple of weeks, I will be opening an online Coptic Icon Store!!!
(selling original hand-painted coptic icons)
I wanted to ask everybody, for your support and your prayers, and for some input...
You can call it a survey (with only one question)...What are the top 3 icons u would have in ur house...it can be anything from an icon of Our Lord Jesus Christ, to the Virgin Mary, to Old testament stories, to New Testament events/feasts to saints, martyrs, angels...anything....I just want to get an idea of what people want, so that i can efficiently stock up (it takes time to write/paint these icons, so the more I have in stock, the faster they get delivered...
btw...the site is still under construction, but it is www.copticiconstore.com
God Bless,
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Fadimar
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Joined: Aug 02, 2004
Location: Montreal-Canada and Cairo-Egypt
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Feb 19, 2006 - 02:36 AM |
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Cool idea Mina!
1-The Crucifixion
2-The Theotokos and
3-The last supper would be my top 3 icons at home.
It would be nice to have them in different shapes and sizes.
God bless,
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Mathitis
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Feb 19, 2006 - 10:53 AM |
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Interesting. What are your profits? I'll get rid of your competition for 110% profit. Them ob will do you a favour only if you do us a favour  .
I'd be happy with any Icon really. The icon's I really like are the ones of my favorite siants, all in my room, not in my house, but the roo mis in the house lol. No such thing as top three, really. |
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PeterA
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Location: Mississauga, Canada
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Feb 19, 2006 - 09:36 PM |
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wow..mina what and interesting and incridable venture u are about to undertake...
God Bless you..i will definatly be a customer...and what an idea that is...this is a pioneering vision that i see taking off...
God is definatly gona bless your work...keep going..and fight the good fight....
God Bless..
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mikhail90
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Location: Sydney, Australia.
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Feb 19, 2006 - 11:05 PM |
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Great idea mena!
hope all goes well.
i love icons of the Holy Family entry into Egypt...those icons rule...
but theres heappppsss of maadd ones like the annunciation is realy good.
theyre all good and the saint ones are always more popular, i guess.
good luck, mina...
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Mina Aziz
Posts: 83
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Location: MTL-Canada
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Feb 20, 2006 - 06:00 AM |
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Thanks for the support guys...
i need more replies with the answer to my original question (top 3 u would buy...mathitis, i know they're all amazing, but if u had enough money to only buy 3, what would they be???)
Thanks again.....
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Cephas
Posts: 612

Joined: Aug 06, 2004
Location: St. Paul the Anchorite Coptic Orthodox Church, London, Ontario
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Feb 20, 2006 - 06:39 AM |
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¿ Iryny nem agapy
Mina,
May God bless your efforts. The top 3 icons i would personally like are:
1) St. Paul the First Anchorite (reason should be self evident )
2) Christ as Pantocrator
3) St. Anthony the Great (thrown in for good measure )
Again, may God bless all your efforts.
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Mathitis
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Feb 20, 2006 - 09:23 AM |
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Top 3, eh?
Ok.
I'll have St. Paul the Simple, St. Christopher the Christ-bearer, and Abba Barsoum el Arian  |
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Cephas
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Location: St. Paul the Anchorite Coptic Orthodox Church, London, Ontario
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Feb 21, 2006 - 05:44 AM |
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¿ Iryny nem agapy
Matt,
Do you happen to have an icon or picture of St. Paul the simple? I don't think i've ever seen him.
Please pray for me. |
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tonyhabibi
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Feb 21, 2006 - 08:46 AM |
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u know what we seldom see .... and what i extremely WANT ..... a picture of john the baptist . ..but not the picture where all used to thats in all our churches .. like maybe u can get an artist to do a whole diffrent drawing of john the baptist .. i mean like a variety of pictures of him.
toeknee .
p.s .... i freaking miss u like crazy mina " habob " aziza |
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CopticChris434
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Joined: Dec 18, 2004
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Feb 21, 2006 - 09:46 AM |
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hey mina,
this sounds like a great idea. i find it hard to get icons online especially handpainted ones.. but maybe im just looking in the wrong places however the three icons i would most likely buy are....
1) Christ enthroned
2)St. Bishoy pi Khristoferos
3)The Theotokos
i probably would also go for the father's icons too because i dont see alot of them and so i think they would be really cool to own
god bless your venture
aghape,
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miamimarmar
Posts: 128

Joined: Feb 25, 2004
Location: St. John the Baptist Coptic Orthodox Church- Miami, FL
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Feb 21, 2006 - 07:24 PM |
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Mina Aziz,
My top three would be:
1. St. John the Baptist
2. St. Moses the Strong
3. St. Marina the Ascetic
Rabena ma3ak in your new Coptic icon store! |
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shaq
Posts: 337
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Feb 22, 2006 - 04:50 AM |
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hey mina... u needa have the great church fathers, st athanasius, st cyril, st dioscorus, st basil, st gregory, st john chrysostom, st augustine... st ephriam the syrian and st isaac teh syrian would be nice... also, david the psalmist is always a great pic... one where he is playing his harp would be nice... and a pop kyrillos icon would be real nice |
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minasoliman
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Feb 22, 2006 - 06:19 AM |
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If you can get a Coptic icon with both St. Augustine and St. Monica together, that would be wonderful.
God bless.
PS a lot of the icons mentioned by people here are what I want as well |
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Mathitis
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Feb 22, 2006 - 06:33 PM |
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¿ Iryny nem agapy
Matt,
Do you happen to have an icon or picture of St. Paul the simple? I don't think i've ever seen him.
Please pray for me. |
Don Keyafa!
I don't have an Icon or a picture of him, but I read his story in the paradise of the fathers and I loved it. he's the one that was under St. Anthony's wing. |
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Mina Aziz
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Location: MTL-Canada
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Feb 23, 2006 - 04:07 AM |
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I think I'm going to stock up on all the standard icons....(Pantokrator, Theotokos, Biblical stuff, well known saints)...and I will add a section for custom orders....so that anything you don't see on the site or anywhere else can be done...
thanks for everything....
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