The Release of the Spirit

by Pope Shenouda III

This book is the first published book by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, who was Pope and Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church. He began writing this book as articles in the Sunday School magazine in 1951, before he joined the monastery. He completed the book as a monk and it was first published in Arabic in 1975. "Release of the Spirit", means its release from whatever hinders its liberty and its way to God. This fourth edition has been fully revised to help bring the full meaning of what was written to English. We pray this work and this book will continue to be a blessing for its readers for many generations to come as it has been to many generations in the past.

212 pages, Paperback

Published March 19, 2018

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.