The answer
The Coptic language is part of our identity, of who we are. If we compromise the language then we will compromise other things and gradually we will loose our identity. Our fathers shed their blood for the faith and also for the language. They were killed and their tongues were cut off because they spoke Coptic. Keeping and preserving the Coptic language reflects our faithfulness to our fathers the martyrs and our mother the church.Answered by His Eminence Metropolitan Youssef (opens in a new tab)