Coming to Google Play
Ask the Church Fathers
اسأل آباء الكنيسة
Read, listen to and study the Bible verse by verse, with audio and video commentary from the Fathers of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Pick a verse and the app plays the exact part of a sermon or lecture that explains it.
Commentary for every verse
- More than 60,000 clips from about 6,000 sermons and lectures.
- Led by Fr. Dawood Lamey's book-by-book Bible study, with lectures by H.H. Pope Shenouda III and other bishops and priests.
- Select one verse or several and play the clips in order.
Listen to every chapter
- Audio narration of all 76 books, with the verse being read highlighted.
- Keeps playing in the background with the screen off; video can continue in picture-in-picture.
"I Have a Question"
In the Arabic edition, type any spiritual or Bible question. The answer is a short set of audio and video clips from the Fathers' own recorded sermons, chosen and ordered by an AI assistant. The answer is their recorded words, not text written in their place.
Arabic and English
Arabic: Van Dyke text. English: King James Version with Brenton's Septuagint for the Deuterocanon, English narration, and commentary dubbed into English. Free, with no ads and no account.