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The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa ( Ancient Greek: Πατριαρχεῖον Ἀλεξανδρείας καὶ πάσης Ἀφρικῆς, romanized : Patriarkheîon Alexandreías ke pásīs Afrikês, lit. 'The Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa'), also known as the Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria, is an ...
Dec 19, 2021 · The Church of Alexandria is one of the autocephalous Orthodox Churches. Its primate is the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, the successor to the Apostle Mark the Evangelist, who founded the Church of Alexandria in the 1st century. It is one of the five ancient patriarchates of the early Church, called the Pentarchy .
BishopricEstablishedSeeJurisdiction1st c.TunisTunisia, Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, ...4th c.CairoEgypt (Cairo)4th c.Port SaidEgypt (Port Said, Dakahlia, Damietta)4th c.IsmailiaEgypt (Ismailia, Sharqia, Suez)People also ask
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42 (founded) 381 (granted title of patriarch) Coptic icon of Saint Mark the Evangelist, the apostolic founder of the Church of Alexandria, and the first Primate of Alexandria. The Patriarch of Alexandria is the archbishop of Alexandria, Egypt. Historically, this office has included the designation "pope" (etymologically "Father", like "Abbot").
- 42 (founded), 381 (granted title of patriarch)
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 ...
The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, as it is also known, is the continuation of the Melchite, or imperial, church of Egypt—mostly Greeks living in Egypt—that accepted the definition of the two natures of Christ proposed at the Council of Chalcedon (451 ad; see Melchite).
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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 PATRIARCHATE OF ALEXANDRIA DOWN THE CENTURIES. by Metropolitan Makarios (Tillyrides) of Kenya. There can be no doubt that even at the time when it was first built — in 332/331 BC, by the famous architects Deinocrates of Rhodes and Cleomenes of Naucratis, on the inspiration of Alexander the Great himself — Alexandria was a city of unique ...
