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From The Christian Post:\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

A new book to be released Friday takes a look at the lives of the 21 Christian men the world saw being\u00a0beheaded<\/a>\u00a0on a Libyan beach in 2015 and how their deaths at the hands of the Islamic State only strengthened the faith of believers in their hometown.<\/p>\n

\u2026Although Christians in Upper Egypt are always under the threat of persecution, as Egypt has been under Islamic rule for 1,400 years, the faith of the Coptic Church as founded by St. Mark has been unwavering and continues to remain strong today, according to [author Martin] Mosebach.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese communities and congregations are very educated and know the faith,\u201d he explained. \u201cIn the spirituality of the Copts, miracles are a very important thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

In El-Aour, Mosebach said, \u201ceverybody is talking about miracles.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Mosebach, numerous miracle stories have built up around the 21 martyrs in El-Aour. Some stories include the martyrs being credited with saving children who fall out of windows, curing sick people and even healing a woman of infertility.<\/p>\n

\u201cMiracles didn\u2019t save the [21] from decapitation but did prove that their sacrifices had made them Christlike and therefore accepted as such,\u201d Mosebach wrote.<\/p>\n

One miracle involved the son of one of the martyrs. The son was said to have fallen onto the street from the third floor of a building, causing him to break his arm in multiple places. When the son regained consciousness, he claimed that his now-dead father had caught him. Days later, the son\u2019s X-rays reportedly did not show any fractures.<\/p>\n

According to Mosebach, the term \u201cmiracle\u201d is used by the Coptic community as the \u201cnext explanation for any phenomenon they see.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything that has happened is according to the will of God,\u201d Mosebach told The Christian Post. \u201cThe miracles are also now seen with the martyrs, which the martyrs heal people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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