The censer symbolizes the womb of The Virgin

[Mary Naeem]

HH Pope Shenouda III




One of her surnames is also: "the golden censer".





The censer symbolizes the womb of The Virgin where divinity was united with humanity. The censer being of gold, that points to the greatness and the purity of The Virgin. Regarding the purity and the sanctity of The Virgin, we call The Virgin in her hymns "the golden censer" (Te shury ennub, in Coptic).