Incense and incense burner constitute an outstanding part in the Coptic Liturgy, 
influenced by ancient Egyptian rituals with almost similar concept and symbolism. Many 
of incense burners, mostly made of bronze, were found with different shapes and 
decorations like the hollow-dish censer with or without lid, the box censer, and the censer 
with a handle.
Besides these various incense burners which are widely spread in different museums all 
over the world, the Coptic incense burner is clearly represented on the walls of many 
monasteries, swung, suspended or placed on a column, forming an important clear item in 
many monastic murals. These representations of the censer on murals confirm the 
importance of the incense and incense burner in the Coptic liturgy as symbols of fertility 
and resurrection, became analogies for The Christ and The Blessed Virgin herself, who 
held within her womb, as does a censer, the coal of divinity that produced spiritual 
fragrance filled the ground with the savour of its glorious sweetness.