Daoud Lamei, also spelt Dawood Lamey or Lamie, born 1962, is a Coptic Orthodox priest and the current leader of the parish of Saint Mark Church in Heliopolis. Father Daoud Lamei His name before ordination: Deacon Doctor Basem Lamei Ashamallah. He was born in Cairo, on March 11th, 1962. His mother and father were church servants in several fields of service. Before his ordination, Father Daoud together with his brother and sister, served in Saint Mark’s Church in Heliopolis. He completed his Sunday School Preparatory studies in 1978. He then started serving in the church’s Sunday Schools firstly by teaching primary school age children, then preparatory school children and finally the Secondary School age. Subsequently, he was appointed as Deputy Superintendent of the Pre-Servants Preparation course while at the same time serving in the Saint Stephen’s Medical Church Group, which was founded by students in the Faculty of Medicine, and supervised by His Grace Bishop Moussa. One of his favourite hobbies was playing music. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine in 1985. After graduation, he served in the Graduate Physicians’ Meeting. Father Daoud received his Dermatology Masters degree in 1990, and worked as a dermatologist for 13 years. He joined the army as a Reserve Officer in 1987 where he remained for two and a half years. Father Daoud also served the refugees in Egypt which had a very positive effect on him and encouraged him to commence an evangelism ministry later on. Shortly before his ordination, he started serving in the ministry of the slums. He married Tasoni Shereen. A few years later, he was chosen to be ordained as a priest in the United States of America, as his love for ministry was greater than his love for monasticism. Pope Shenouda approved his ordination and appointed him to serve in America. Afterwards, some of the youth of his church went to Bishop Moussa asking that Fr Daoud would remain there. So Bishop Moussa contacted Father Daoud and learned that both he and his wife preferred to remain in Egypt. Father Daoud was ordained on Monday 8th June 1998. The ordination took place in the Church of Saint Abba Shenouda the Archimandrite in Saint Pishoi’s Monastery, Wady El Natroun, Egypt. He was ordained by the hand of His HolinessPope Shenouda III. Father Daoud was promoted to the rank of Hegumen on Tuesday 11th May, 2010, also by the hand of His Holiness Pope Shenouda III. Father Daoud serves in Saint Mark’s Coptic Orthodox Church in Cleopatra, Heliopolis, Egypt. He serves in a variety of ministries, and has meetings and conferences for lectures and sermons. He is an author and has numerous published works, some of which have been translated into English and French. Father Daoud presents various programmes on Coptic Channels such as CTV, Aghapy, ME Sat and CYC. The official sites and social media sites to follow Father Daoud Lamei’s sermons and conferences, are as follows: Website: http://www.anba-abraam.com/ Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/frdaoudlamei English Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/frdaudlameiEnglish Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/FrDaoudLamei English Facebook Page: http://www.facebook.com/FrDaoudLameiEnglish ساوند كلاود http://soundcloud.com/frdaoudlamei تويتر http://twitter.com/frdaoudlamei انستجرام http://www.instagram.com/frdaoudlamei/
