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Jun 25, 2009 · In August 2003, the Coptic Orthodox Church issued a formal declaration against homosexuality and same-sex marriage. The Church does not permit the ordination of gay priests.
The Coptic Church allows the practice of birth control but forbids abortion. It condemns homosexuality. Women are considered care-givers who raise the future generation. The Coptic Church still follows some Old Testament laws that deem a woman impure during menstruation and after
Apr 10, 2017 · In Muslim-majority Egypt, Coptic Christians are often the victims of persecution and repeated attacks on their churches, and have a history of being scapegoated and marginalised by the state.
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Coptic Christians make up Egypt’s largest and most significant minority population and the largest population of Christians in the Middle East. It is an Eastern Orthodox tradition, and most Copts follow the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria.
COPTIC ORTHODOX CHURCH (ORIENTAL ORTHODOX) "Coptic" is ultimately derived from the Greek word Αἴγυπτος. The name is applied to the body of Egyptian Christians historically subject to the patriarch of Alexandria. The patriarch of Alexandria at the time of the Council of chalcedon was dioscorus ( c. 454), who defended the monophysite ...
Feb 23, 2018 · The Coptic Orthodox Church prohibits divorce and strictly forbids women to have abortions. In recent years, some women have converted to Islam in order to divorce their husbands. These conversions have presented difficulties in the Coptic community because Egypt's Islamic code often forces children of a parent who converts to Islam to abandon ...
Jul 11, 2019 · Coptic Christians, or Copts, are members of one of the oldest denominations in Christianity. Learn the origin and meaning of Coptic traditions and beliefs as well as the modern circumstances of their membership worldwide.
