Biography
Matta El Meskeen, born Youssef Iskandar, was a Coptic Orthodox monk. He was the key figure in the revival of Coptic monasticism, a movement which began in 1969 when he was appointed to the Monastery of St Macarius in the Wadi El Natrun in Egypt. By the time of his death the community had grown from 6 aged monks to 130 monks, and as many other monasteries were revived, new ones also began to open. He was twice nominated to become Coptic Pope, but was not chosen in either case.
Books by Mattá al-Miskīn
Rasāʼil al-qummuṣ Mattá al-Mis
Rasāʼil al-qummuṣ Mattá al-Miskīn
Ṣalawāt al-Ābb Mattá al-Mi
Ṣalawāt al-Ābb Mattá al-Miskīn
Abūnā al-Qummuṣ Mattá al-Miskī
Abūnā al-Qummuṣ Mattá al-Miskīn
al- Nubūwah wa-al-anbiyāʼ fi
al- Nubūwah wa-al-anbiyāʼ fī al-ʻAhd al-Qadīm
Orthodox prayer life
al- Risālah al-ūlā lil-Qidd
al- Risālah al-ūlā lil-Qiddīs Yūḥannā al-Rasūl
al-ʻ Anṣarah
al-ʻ Anṣarah
How do we build ourselves up o
How do we build ourselves up on the most holy faith?
The true art of successful liv
The true art of successful livin
al- Maʻmūdīyah
al- Maʻmūdīyah
Ifkhāristiyā ʻashāʼ al-Rabb
Ifkhāristiyā ʻashāʼ al-Rabb
al- Injīl bi-ḥasab al-Qiddī
al- Injīl bi-ḥasab al-Qiddīs Mattá
al- Injīl bi-ḥasab al-Qiddī
al- Injīl bi-ḥasab al-Qiddīs Luqā
al- Khilqah al-jadīdah lil-in
al- Khilqah al-jadīdah lil-insān fī al-imān al-Masīḥī
L'expérience de Dieu dans la v
L'expérience de Dieu dans la vie de prière
Tārīkh Isrāʾīl
Tārīkh Isrāʾīl
al- Injīl bi-ḥasab al-Qiddī
al- Injīl bi-ḥasab al-Qiddīs Murqus
al-Risālah ilá al-ʻIbrānīyīn
al-Risālah ilá al-ʻIbrānīyīn
Saint Antoine ascète selon l'É
Saint Antoine ascète selon l'Évangile
Aʻyād al-Ẓuhūr al-Ilāhī
Aʻyād al-Ẓuhūr al-Ilāhī
La communion d'amour
La communion d'amour
Qiṣaṣ masīḥīyah lil-ḥayāh
Qiṣaṣ masīḥīyah lil-ḥayāh
Maʻ a al-Rūḥ al-Qudus fī ji
Maʻ a al-Rūḥ al-Qudus fī jihādinā al-yawmī (Synergy)
Prière, Esprit Saint et unite
Prière, Esprit Saint et unité chrétienne
Sharḥ Injīl al-Qiddīs Yūḥannā
Sharḥ Injīl al-Qiddīs Yūḥannā
al- Madkhal li-sharḥ Injīl al-
al- Madkhal li-sharḥ Injīl al-Qiddīs Yūḥannā
Sīrat al-Qiddīs Anbá Maqqār al
Sīrat al-Qiddīs Anbá Maqqār al-Kabīr
Fī taʻlīm al-mubtadiʼīn
Fī taʻlīm al-mubtadiʼīn
Spiritual economy
Spiritual economy
al- Niʻmah fī al-ʻaqīdah wa-
al- Niʻmah fī al-ʻaqīdah wa-al-ḥayāh al-nusukīyah
al- Ṣalīb al-muqaddas
al- Ṣalīb al-muqaddas
al- Taqlīd wa-ahammīyatuhu f
al- Taqlīd wa-ahammīyatuhu fī al-īmān al-Masīḥī ka-madkhal li-sharḥ al-Asfār wa-fahm al-asrār
al-Imān bi-al-Masīḥ
al-Imān bi-al-Masīḥ
Dirāsah rūḥīyah ʻan al-shahāda
Dirāsah rūḥīyah ʻan al-shahādah wa-al-shuhadāʼ
Maʻa al-Masīḥ fī ālāmihi
Maʻa al-Masīḥ fī ālāmihi ḥattá al-ṣalīb
La Pentecôte
La Pentecôte
Qiṣṣat al-insān ḥawla al-k
Qiṣṣat al-insān ḥawla al-khaṭīyah wa-al-khalāṣ
al-Rahbanah al-Qibtiyah fi asr
al-Rahbanah al-Qibtiyah fi asr al-Qiddis Anba Maqqar
Coptic monasticism & the Monas
Coptic monasticism & the Monastery of St. Macarius
The communion of love
Rūḥ al-qudus, al-Rabb al-muh
Rūḥ al-qudus, al-Rabb al-muḥyī
Akhbār sārrah ʻan al-qiyāma
Akhbār sārrah ʻan al-qiyāmah wa-al-ṣuʻūd
al- Masīḥī fī al-usrah
al- Masīḥī fī al-usrah
al- Waʻd
al- Waʻd
al-ʻ Adhrāʾ fī al-lāhūt al-kan
al-ʻ Adhrāʾ fī al-lāhūt al-kanasī
al-Khidmah
al-Khidmah
al-Masīḥī fī al-mujtamaʻ
al-Masīḥī fī al-mujtamaʻ
al-Qiyāmah wa-al-khalīqah al-j
al-Qiyāmah wa-al-khalīqah al-jadīdah
al-Ruʼyah al-Ilāhīyah lil-Aʻyā
al-Ruʼyah al-Ilāhīyah lil-Aʻyād al-Kanasīyah
Ascension & Pentecost
Ascension & Pentecost
ʻAlá al-Urdun
ʻAlá al-Urdun
ʻĪd al-Qiyāmah yawm al-khali
ʻĪd al-Qiyāmah yawm al-khalīqah al-jadīdah
Qiṣṣat istishhād al-rasūla
Qiṣṣat istishhād al-rasūlayn, Buṭrus and Būlus
The experience of God in a mon
The experience of God in a monk's life
al- Masīḥ qām-- ḥaqqan qā
al- Masīḥ qām-- ḥaqqan qām
al- Tasbiḥah al-yawmīyah wa-
al- Tasbiḥah al-yawmīyah wa-mazāmīr al-sawāʻī
al-Faḍāʼil al-masīḥīyah bi-ḥas
al-Faḍāʼil al-masīḥīyah bi-ḥasab al-Injīl
al-ʻAdhrāʾ al-Qiddīsah Maryam
al-ʻAdhrāʾ al-Qiddīsah Maryam "al-Thiʾūtūks"
al-Milād fī al-wajh ghayr al-m
al-Milād fī al-wajh ghayr al-manẓūr "Malakūt Allāh" ; Fī wasaṭikum qāʾim alladhī lastum taʻrifūnah ; al-Masīḥ fī al-ʻAhdayn ; ʻImād al-Masīḥ fī al-Urdun wa-istiʻlān malakūt Allāh
Fī al-tadbīr al-rūḥī
Fī al-tadbīr al-rūḥī
Qiṣaṣ masīḥīyah lil-ḥayāt
Qiṣaṣ masīḥīyah lil-ḥayāt
[ʻIẓāt Qibṭīyah]
[ʻIẓāt Qibṭīyah]
al-Rūḥ al-qudus fī muwājahat a
al-Rūḥ al-qudus fī muwājahat al-ʻaduw li-ḥisāb Malakūt al-Samawāt
al-Taqlīd wa-ahamīyatuh fī al-
al-Taqlīd wa-ahamīyatuh fī al-īmān al-Masīḥī
Ifkhāristiyā ʻishāʾ al-Rabb
Ifkhāristiyā ʻishāʾ al-Rabb
Ifkhāristiyā wa-al-Quddās
Ifkhāristiyā wa-al-Quddās
Maqālāt bayna al-siyāsah wa-al
Maqālāt bayna al-siyāsah wa-al-dīn
Maʻa al-Masīḥ fī ālāmihi
Maʻa al-Masīḥ fī ālāmihi wa-mawtihi wa-qiyāmatih : maʻa maqālāt munāsibah ʻan al-ālām
Maʻa al-Masīḥ fī ālāmihi wa-ma
Maʻa al-Masīḥ fī ālāmihi wa-mawtihi wa-qiyāmatihi maʻa maqālāt munāsibah ʻan al-ālām
al- Tawbah wa-al-nusk fī al-I
al- Tawbah wa-al-nusk fī al-Injīl
al- Rūḥ al-Qudus wa-ʻamaluhu
al- Rūḥ al-Qudus wa-ʻamaluhu dākhil al-nafs
al- Tasbiḥah al-yawmīyah
al- Tasbiḥah al-yawmīyah
Ayqūnah jamīlah
Ayqūnah jamīlah
Qiddīs Athanāsiyūs al-rasū
Qiddīs Athanāsiyūs al-rasūlī
Usbūʻ al-Ālām wa-ṣūrah ja
Usbūʻ al-Ālām wa-ṣūrah jadīdah lil-alam
Yawm khālid min ʻumr al-basha
Yawm khālid min ʻumr al-basharīyah