Part Five: "The honorable and blessed son, Archdeacon Habeeb Guirguis, Master of theological studies at the Coptic Theological College, may God's blessings be with you. After extending our prayers and blessings to you, we would like to inform you that due to the departure in the Lord of the principal of the Coptic Theological College, Youssef Bey Mankarious, and due to our certainty of your virtue, enthusiasm and ceaseless efforts for the betterment of the college, and also due to our total trust in your zeal and faithfulness to our beloved church, having served as a teacher in the above mentioned college for a long time, we appoint you principal of the College and request that you also remain in your role as teacher of theology.

We ask the Almighty to bless you, support you with His grace, fill you with His care and bring success to all your efforts. May the peace of God be with you, to Him be all thanksgiving forever more Amen."

Kirollos V Patriarch of the See of St. Mark 14th September 1918 Habeeb Guirguis turned the college into a new beacon of the orthodox faith and protected it from all foreign influences. In 1946, for instance, some members of the Coptic Community Council suggested that a scholarship be set up by the College for young Coptic theologians to study in an English theological college. Habeeb opposed this and the attempt failed when the then patriarch, Pope Youssab II opposed it.

On another occasion it was suggested by the Coptic Council that an Anglican priest be appointed as master of classical Greek in the college, alleging that no Copt had adequate knowledge of that language. Habeeb Guirguis met with his college masters and they published a unanimous resolution repudiating the council's suggestion in order to preserve the orthodoxy of teaching in the college. Eventually the wellknown Coptic master linguist Yassa Abdul Meseeh was appointed to teach that language. Habeeb Guirguis worked very hard to bring the Coptic public to realize the importance of preserving the orthodox faith and finding capable and enlightened priests to nurture it.

He met repeatedly with his associates in order to lay the foundation for the establishment of the college's "night school" for university graduates. The night school opened its doors during the Patriarchate of Yousab II, who was most pleased with this development and his joy was reflected by all the Bishops and members of the community council. The establishment of the night school was instrumental in gaining  recognition for the college by the Egyptian Education Ministry as a college of Higher Education. That night school attracted many bright young graduates to join it, including a notable servant and Arts graduate called Nazeer Gayed who later became H.H. Pope Shenouda III.

Habeeb Guirguis regulated the college's study, improved its standard and brought it to a level comparable to theological colleges abroad. He searched long to provide it with many capable masters and expanded its curriculum to include varied philosophical and linguistic studies.