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A ƙauyen Salam, da ke yankin Abnoub a lardin Asyut a Masar ta Sama, an haifi wani yaro a ranar uku ga watan Agusta a shekara ta 1923, wanda aka raɗa masa suna Nazir Gayed Roufail, wanda Allah ya keɓe shi tun daga cikin mahaifiyarsa domin hidimar Cocinsa Mai Tsarki. An rene shi cikin tsoron Allah, kuma tun ƙuruciyarsa ƙaunar Almasihu ta yi ƙuna a zuciyarsa, har ya zama, tun yana yaro ƙarami, ya yi aiki da aminci a Makarantun Lahadi, yana koya wa 'ya'yan mutanensa hanyar ceto.
Bayan ya gama karatunsa, an ba shi shaidar digiri a fannin tarihi daga jami'a, amma duk da haka abubuwan wannan zamani ba su iya ƙosar da ran da ke ƙishirwar Allah ba. Sai ya shiga Kwalejin Tauhidi ta Coptic Orthodox, aka ƙidaya shi cikin malamanta, ya kuma yi girma cikin sanin Nassosi Masu Tsarki. Amma kiran jeji ya jawo shi, kamar yadda ya jawo manyan ubanni waɗanda suka gabace shi.
A ranar goma sha takwas ga watan Yuli a shekara ta 1954 ya bar duniya ya shiga Gidan Ibada na Budurwa Mai Tsarki wanda aka sani da Deir al-Suryan a hamadar Wadi al-Natrun, ya karɓi rigar mala'iku, aka kuma raɗa masa suna Antonios al-Suryani. A can ya miƙa kansa gaba ɗaya ga addu'a, da azumi, da aiki, aka kuma ɗora masa kula da tsohuwar ɗakin karatu na gidan ibada, inda ya tsara littattafan hannu masu daraja. Sa'an nan, saboda ƙishirwa zuwa ga zurfin nutsuwa, ya janye zuwa wani kogo da ya haƙa da hannuwansa, mai nisa daga gidan ibada, ya kuma zauna a can shi kaɗai kamar shekara shida, cikin addu'a marar fasawa da tunani, yana gwagwarmaya da sha'awace-sha'awace yana kuma magana da Allah cikin shiru na hamada.
A shekara ta 1962 Paparoma mai tsarki Cyril na Shida ya kira shi daga keɓancewarsa ya ɗora masa hannu, ya naɗa shi bishop na ilimin Kirista da kuma shugaban kwalejin tauhidi, ya kuma ba shi suna Shenouda bisa sunan babban shugaban masu zaman keɓe na Coptic. A matsayinsa na makiyayi malami ya zuba kansa saboda matasa, kuma yawan ɗalibai ya ƙaru ƙwarai ƙarƙashin kulawarsa.
Bayan rasuwar Paparoma Cyril na Shida, ƙuri'ar kursiyin manzanci na Mar Markus ta auko masa, kuma a ranar goma sha huɗu ga watan Nuwamba a shekara ta 1971 aka naɗa shi a matsayin Paparoma na ɗari da goma sha bakwai na Iskandariya. Fiye da shekaru arba'in ya kiwon garken Almasihu da zuciyar uba. Yana koya wa mutane mako bayan mako, yana tara dubbai su ji maganar Allah; ya rubuta littattafai fiye da ɗari a kan koyarwa da rayuwar ruhaniya na Cocin, da yawa daga cikinsu aka fassara zuwa harsunan al'ummai; ya naɗa bishop-bishop da yawa da firistoci ɗaruruwa, ya kuma kafa coci-coci da gidajen ibada a faɗin duniya, domin masu bi Coptic da suka warwatsu a ƙasashen waje kada su kasance ba tare da makiyaya ba.
Makiyayi nagari ba ya gudu a ranar gwaji. A wani lokaci na wahala aka tsare Paparoma aka kuma riƙe shi a keɓe a gidan ibada, yana jurewa gwajin da haƙuri yana kuma miƙa kansa ga Allah; kuma bayan shekarun gwajinsa aka mayar da shi kan kursiyinsa da kuma ga mutanensa, waɗanda suka karɓe shi da farin ciki mai girma. Har zuwa kwanakinsa na ƙarshe ya yi aiki, ko da yake rashin lafiya da tsufa sun gajiyar da shi, ya kasance uba mai ƙauna ga 'ya'yansa.
Ya huta a cikin Ubangiji a ranar goma sha bakwai ga watan Maris a shekara ta 2012, wadda ita ce ranar takwas ga watan Baramhat, bayan ya kiwon Cocin Iskandariya kusan shekara arba'in da wata huɗu. Taro mai yawa suka yi kuka domin ubansu, kuma bisa ga nufinsa aka binne jikinsa a Gidan Ibada na Saint Bishoy a Wadi al-Natrun, kusa da gunkin ubannin hamada da ya ƙaunace su.
Bari addu'o'insa da albarkarsa su kasance tare da mu. Amin.