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Mar 7, 2024 · March 7, 2024. On March 7, 2024, at 11 AM, the Holy Synod of the Coptic Orthodox Church, led by H.H. Pope Tawadros II, and with the attendance of 110 of the current 133 members, held the General Meeting at the LOGOS Center of the Papal Residence in St. Bishoy’s Monastery – Wadi El-Natrun, Egypt. His Holiness the Pope gave an introduction ...
May 3, 2024 · Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Saint Frumentius (flourished 4th century; feast day October 27 in the Roman Catholic Church; November 30 in Eastern Orthodox churches; December 18th in the Coptic Church) was a Syrian apostle who worked to spread Christianity throughout Ethiopia. As the first bishop of its ancient capital, Aksum, he ...
May 12, 2018 · Celebrating The Feast of St. Athanasius the Apostolic at St. Mary and St. Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Church! May 15, 2024 On the 2nd Week of Pentecost, Bashans 7, 1740, May 15, 2024, His Eminence Metropolitan Serapion accompanied by His Eminence...
It is one of over 200 Coptic churches in the United States. St. Mary & St. Antonios Church was founded in March 1972 and was consecrated in September 1989 during a pastoral visit by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III. In 2011, the second building of St. Mary & St. Antonious Church, 62-54 60th Place, Ridgewood, Queens, NY, housing the altars of ...
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. Historically, the Coptic Church has roots in Egypt originating in the earliest days of Christianity; Christian religious sites mark the location ...
After the schism which took place in the year 451 A.D., when the Coptic Orthodox Church rejected the motions of the Council of Chalcedon and its theological struggles, we were called " Monophysites" that is, those who believe in the "One Nature". Sharing our belief are the Syrians, the Armenians, the Ethiopians and the Indians; who
Historians have named the Coptic Church the `Church of the Martyrs’, not only because of their great number, but also because of their desire for martyrdom. When prevented from worship, they did not hide in the catacombs, but worshipped openly. Many went from place to place, seeking the crown of martyrdom, not considering it death, but rather ...
