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Besides Egypt, the Church of Alexandria has jurisdiction over all of Africa. The following autocephalous churches have strong historical ties to the Coptic Orthodox Church. Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church [ edit ]
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On December 29, 2021, the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church decided to admit 102 clergy of the Patriarchate of Alexandria from eight African countries to the jurisdiction of the Moscow Patriarchate, and also created the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa, covering the entire African continent with adjacent islands. The North African and South ...
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The ancient Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa is dynamically entering the third millennium of its historical course. A course that started with its Enlightener, the Apostle and Evangelist Mark and continues ceaselessly till today maintaining unadulterated the Apostolic trust, sacred tradition unchanged and keeping the integrity of the sacrificial spirit of the sacred figures that ...
The Church of Alexandria, founded according to the constant tradition of both East and West by St. Mark the Evangelist, was the centre from which Christianity spread throughout all Egypt, the nucleus of the powerful Patriarchate of Alexandria. Within its jurisdiction, during its most flourishing period, were included about 108 bishops ; its ...
Dec 30, 2021 · The ancient Patriarchate of Alexandria expresses its deepest sorrow at the synodal decision of the Russian Patriarchate to establish an Exarchate within the normal limits of the jurisdiction of the Ancient Church of Alexandria, a decision taken in the midst of the Nativity of Christ and the divine Epiphany, during which Christ the King of Peace is projected.
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 Orthodox and Western churches, then still in union.
The Patriarchate of Alexandria has a history of two thousand years in Egypt and in Africa. According to the Church tradition the Apostle and Evangelist Mark is considered to be the Founder and first Bishop of the Alexandrian Church. Saint Mark arrived to Alexandria in 43 AD, the year which is counted for the foundation year of the Alexandrian ...
