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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 ...
- Pope of The Coptic Orthodox Church
The pope (Coptic: Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ, romanized: Papa; Arabic: البابا,...
- Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral
St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Arabic: كاتدرائية...
- British Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church of the British Isles, headed by...
- Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
The miaphysites became the Coptic Church (part of Oriental...
- Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria
Pope Tawadros II or Theodore II ( Coptic: Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ...
- Makuria
Makuria (Old Nubian: ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟ, Dotawo; Greek: Μακουρία,...
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
The Coptic Orthodox Church is an Oriental Orthodox Christian...
- Pope of The Coptic Orthodox Church
Apr 29, 2024 · The Coptic Orthodox Church developed a democratic system of government after the 1890s. The patriarch and the 12 diocesan bishops, with the assistance of community councils in which the laity is well represented, regulate the finances of the churches and schools and the administration of the rules relating to marriage, inheritance, and other ...
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Egypt is often identified as the place of refuge that the Holy Family sought in its flight from Judea: "When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt I called My Son (Matt...
The current Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria is Pope Tawadros II. There is a small Coptic Catholic Church (Eastern Rite Catholic) established in the 19th century and headed by a Patriarch of Alexandria in communion with the Pope of Rome. The Melkite Greek Catholic Churchhas little presence in Egypt, but is headed by a Patriarch of Alexandria...
Note:Some of these are not saints on the Chalcedonian calendar. 1. Abanoub 2. Abdel Messih El-Makari 3. Abraam Bishop of Fayoumالأنبا إبرآم أسقف الفيوم 4. Andrews (Ibrahim) the Samuelite 5. Anthony the Greatالقديس الأنبا أنطونيوس أب الرهبان 6. Athanasius the Apostolicالبابا أثناسيوس الرسولي 7. Bishoy 8. Bishoy Kamel 9. Cyril of Alexandriaالقديس الب...
Video - Christianity in Egypt and the History of Coptic Monasticism:Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianityby Dr. Otto F. A. Meinardus (368 pages - Cairo: AUC Press, 2002)Traditional Egyptian Christianity: A History of the Coptic Orthodox Churchby Rev. Fr. Prof. Theodore H. Partrick (226 pages - Fisher Park Press, 1996)Story of the Church of Egypt- by Edith L Butcher (1897)Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral is a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt. It is the historical seat of the Pope of Alexandria, the head of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Believed to stand on the site of a church founded in AD 42 by Mark the Evangelist, in AD 311 a chapel was recorded here, containing bodies said to be of Mark and his successors.
Church, in Christian doctrine, the Christian religious community as a whole, or a body or organization of Christian believers. The Greek word ekklēsia, which came to mean church, was originally applied in the Classical period to an official assembly of citizens. In the Septuagint (Greek) Coptic Orthodox Church, Principal Christian church in Egypt.
