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The Coptic Orthodox Church ( Coptic: Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, romanized: Ti-eklisia en-remenkimi en-orthodhoxos, lit. 'the Egyptian Orthodox Church'), also known as the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church based in Egypt. The ...
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The pope (Coptic: Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ, romanized: Papa; Arabic: البابا,...
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St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Arabic: كاتدرائية...
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Seraphim, primate of the British Orthodox Church, was not...
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But after 536, they permanently established separate...
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- Pope of The Coptic Orthodox Church
The English language adopted the word Copt in the 17th century from Neo-Latin Coptus, Cophtus, which derives from the Arabic collective qubṭ / qibṭ قبط "the Copts" with nisba adjective qubṭī, qibṭī قبطى, plural aqbāṭ أقباط; Also quftī, qiftī (where the Arabic / f / reflects the historical Coptic / p /) an Arabisation ...
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Early community
The first Copts arrived in the United States during the early 20th century. Due to the restrictions on immigration put in place by the National Origins Formula, the majority of these early Coptic migrants to the USA were non-permanent residents. The Copts who traveled to the United States at this time were mostly foreign exchange students who were continuing their graduate education within the United States, and then returning home to Egypt. After the 1952 Coup d'Etat in Egypt, the Egyptian E...
Immigration reform
In 1965, the United States Congress passed a new Immigration Act that put an end to the National Origins Formula, and allowed for greater numbers of Immigrants from non-European countries. This new act, which was fully implemented in 1968, coupled with Egypt’s humiliating defeat in the Six Days War, paved the way for many young-educated Copts, disillusioned with Egypt’s state of affairs, to immigrate. These early immigrants moved to the United States in search of religious freedom, political...
Establishing churches
Early in 1970, the Coptic community in the East Coast, purchased and renovated a Church building in Jersey City. This building was registered and incorporated as Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, Jersey City; the first Coptic Church in the United States. On March 22, 1970, the Church's inaugural Liturgy was prayed by Fr. Rofael Nakhla. Meanwhile, the Coptic community in the West Coast had also been working on purchasing their first Church. In 1969, Pope Cyril VI commissioned Fr. Bishoy Kamel...
Diocesan bishops
1. Serapion (b. 1951), Metropolitan of the Holy Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California and Hawaiiand Abbot of the Monastery of St. Anthony in California (1985; 1995 - Present). 2. Youssef, Metropolitan of the Holy Diocese of the Southern United States and Abbot of the Monastery of Most Holy Virgin Mary & Saint Moses the Strong in Corpus Christi, Texas. (1992; 1995 - Present) 3. David, Bishop of the Holy Diocese of New York and New England. (1999; 2013 - Present) 4. Karas, Bishop of the H...
General bishops
1. Macarius, General Bishop and Patriarchal Exarch for the Eritrean Congregation in the USA. Member of the Eritrean and CopticHoly Synods. (1991 - Present) 2. Suriel, Bishop of the Diocese of Melbourne, currently serving as professor of Ecclesiastical Education at the Theological College in New Jersey. (1997; 2023 - Present) 3. Michael, General Bishop in Virginia, United States, assistant to the Pope (2009 - Present) 4. Gabriel, General Bishop in New Jersey and Patriarchal Exarch for the Arch...
Auxiliary bishops
1. Abraham, Auxiliary Bishop and assistant to Metropolitan Serapionin the Holy Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, and Hawaii. (2016 - Present) 2. Kyrillos, Auxiliary Bishop and assistant to Metropolitan Serapionin the Holy Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California, and Hawaii. (2016 - Present) 3. Basil, Auxiliary Bishop in Floridaand assistant to Metropolitan Youssef in the Holy Diocese of the Southern United States. (2018 - Present) 4. Gregory, Auxiliary Bishop in Texasand assist...
The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandriahas Churches and congregations in the following regions within the United States:
Saad Michael Saad, “The Contemporary Life of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United States,” Studies in World Christianity, Volume 16, pp. 207–225, December 2010. Edinburgh University Press, in hard copy and online PDF: 1. http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/swc.2010.0101
Jun 25, 2009 · Photo: Michael Sleman ©. The Coptic Orthodox Church is the main Christian Church in Egypt, where it has between 6 and 11 million members. While most Copts live in Egypt, the Church has around a ...
The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is the official name for the largest Christian church in Egypt. The Church belongs to the Oriental Orthodox family of churches, which has been a distinct church body since the Council of Chalcedon in 451 C.E., when it took a different position over Christological theology from that of the Eastern ...
May 8, 2018 · The Coptic church is the ancient church of Egypt; the name Copt derives from the Greek Aiguptioi ("Egyptians"). According to tradition within the church, its founder and first patriarch was Mark the Evangelist, who first preached Christianity in Alexandria in the forties of the first century ce. For several centuries the new faith interacted in ...
The Fathers the Apostles: The Service of our Teacher Peter the Apostle – by H.E. Metropolitan Pakhomious. Coptic Orthodox Church Website.
