Akhristu atakondwerera Lamlungu la Pasaka, eTurboNews imakopa chidwi chachipembedzo cha Coptic ndi zaluso zake zambiri komanso chikhalidwe chake.
Mamdouh Halim wa ku Al Qahirah ku Egypt akufotokoza kuti pakhala pali chikoka chachikulu cha moyo wakale wa Aigupto pa nyimbo zodziwika bwino zachipembedzo cha Coptic Orthodox Church kuyambira pomwe idakhazikitsidwa ndi St. Mark the Evangelist m'zaka za zana loyamba AD.
“Tchalitchi cha Coptic ndi ulemerero wakale wa ku Iguputo,” katswiri wodziŵika bwino wa ku Egypt, Dr. Taha Husayn anatero ponena za mpingo waukulu wachikristu.
Komanso, Halim amakhulupirira kuti nyimbo zauzimu za tchalitchi ndizolemera kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi, chifukwa mwanjira ina zimatsitsimutsa nyimbo zofanana ndi zomwe zinkachitika nthawi ya Afarao. A Copt atalandira chikhulupiriro chatsopanocho, Chikhristu, zidzukulu za Afarao zidakonda kupanga nyimbo zawo zauzimu pamaziko a nyimbo zomwe zidalipo kale kuyambira nthawi yawo, adawonjezera Halim.
M’zaka za m’ma 1990, tchalitchichi chinalamula kuti anthu aziletsa kugwiritsa ntchito zida zoimbira, kupatula maseche ndi zida zina zoimbira, pofuna kusokoneza maganizo a akuluakulu a boma la Roma omwe panthawiyo ankazunza Akhristu. Iwo anaganiza zodalira mphamvu ya kholingo lawo. Mpaka lero, tchalitchichi chimayimba nyimbo kutengera nyimbo zakale za Aigupto, makamaka pa Sabata la Passion komwe amaimba nyimbo, zomwe zimachitika pamwambo wamaliro zaka zikwi zapitazo.
Momwemonso, Coptic Museum ndi kumasulira kwa mzimu wa Coptc pa ntchito zawo zaluso. Coptic Museum ku Cairo m'malo mwake, idayamba ngati nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale zamatchalitchi mpaka woyambitsa wake a Marcus Simaika Pasha, mosatopa komanso motsimikiza mtima komanso masomphenya, adapanga Nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ya Coptic mu 1908.
Mu 1910, nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale za Coptic ku likulu la Egypt idatsegulidwa. Ili ndi magawo angapo omwe amapereka mitundu ingapo ya Coptic Art. Zinthu zamtengo wapatali kwambiri za nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale ndi zithunzi zakale za m'zaka za zana la 12. Kupatula zinthu zakale za 200-1800 AD zomwe zikuwonetsa chikoka cha ku Egypt pamapangidwe achikhristu oyambirira (monga mitanda yachikhristu yopangidwa kuchokera ku Pharaonic Ankh kapena key of life), nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakaleyi ili ndi zolemba zakale zowunikira monga zolemba zakale za 1,600. wa Masalimo a Davide. Kuphatikiza apo, guwa lakale kwambiri lodziwika bwino kuchokera ku nyumba ya amonke ya St. Jeremiah ku Saqqara ya m'zaka za zana la 6 likusungidwa pamenepo.
Chochititsa chidwi, mwa nyumba zosungiramo zinthu zakale zinayi ku Egypt, Coptic Museum ndi imodzi yokha yomwe idakhazikitsidwa ndi Simaika Pasha. Sanangofuna kusonkhanitsa zinthu zakale zamtengo wapatali komanso anaonetsetsa kuti akusungidwa m’malo ooneka bwino ogwirizana ndi chikhalidwe chimene ankaimira. Kukonzanso kwaposachedwa kwa nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale kumalemekeza kukumbukira Pasha.
Mu 1989, Coptic Museum ku Cairo idayamba ntchito yobwezeretsa zithunzizo mogwirizana ndi nzika yaku Dutch Susanna Shalova. Chifukwa chake, Tchalitchi cha Coptic Orthodox ndi Supreme Council of Antiquities chinathandizira kuwerengera kwakukulu kwa projekiti, kukhala pachibwenzi ndikuwunikanso zithunzi zopitilira 2000. Ntchitoyi idathandizidwa ndi American Research Center.
Emile Hanna, katswiri wokonzanso nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale za Coptic, adati zithunzi zokwana 31 zochokera ku Coptic Museum zabwezeretsedwa motsatira mfundo za sukulu yakale yobwezeretsa, ngakhale panali zovuta pakubwezeretsa ziwonetsero zazaka za 17-19.
M'masiku omwe Simaika Pasha adaganiza zomanga nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale za Coptic m'boma la Old Cairo, adasankha zojambula zomwe zidagwiritsidwa ntchito pamawonekedwe a mzikiti wotchuka wa Al-Aqmar. Izi zikutsimikizira mgwirizano umene umagwirizanitsa zipembedzo za Aigupto ndi zitukuko. Mgwirizanowu, komabe, sunaletse mpikisano wokwezeka pakati pa ziwonetsero za zipilala za Pharaonic ndi zipilala za Coptic. Zomalizazi, kuwonjezera pa kukhala ndi mbiri yakale, zimakhalanso ndi zachipembedzo komanso zauzimu, nkhani za oyera mtima ndi zizindikilo za chikhulupiriro cha Coptic Orthodox, zomwe zimapangitsa zipilala za Coptic kukhala zamtengo wapatali kuposa za Pharaonic.
