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1 day ago · 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.
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- St. Mark the Evangelist (Traditional)
1 day ago · Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Public Domain. Coptic is the name of the final stage of the indigenous language of Egypt. A direct descendant of ancient Egyptian, it belongs to the Afro-Asiatic language family and is closely related to both the Semitic languages of the Levant and Southwest Asia (such as Akkadian, Hebrew, and Aramaic) and ...
6 days ago · Coptic Orthodox Church. The Coptic Church was established in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ by St. Mark the Evangelist in the city of Alexandria around 61 A.D. The church adheres to the Nicene Creed.
1 day ago · By Raymond Ibrahim – Coptic Solidarity – Another example—there seems to be no end—of the difficulties experienced by Egypt’s most indigenous inhabitants, the Christian Copts, was on display last Easter (which for the Orthodox world was observed on Sunday, May 5, and celebrated in churches during the night of Saturday, May 4). As discussed here, […]
2 days ago · There are nine Coptic Catholic dioceses in Egypt. Among the Catholics in Egypt, after the Coptic Catholics, the most numerous are the Latin Rite Catholics, which also include groups of Sudanese refugees. In Maadi there is a Coptic Catholic seminary with 23 seminarians and many Catholic schools. In contrast, there are only a few Catholic hospitals.
1 day ago · The Council of Chalcedon (/ k æ l ˈ s iː d ən, ˈ k æ l s ɪ d ɒ n /; Latin: Concilium Chalcedonense) was the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian Church. It was convoked by the Roman emperor Marcian. The council convened in the city of Chalcedon, Bithynia (modern-day Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey) from 8 October to 1 November 451.
6 days ago · A considerable percentage of Egyptians are Coptic Christians who belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church, whose liturgical language, Coptic, is the most recent stage of the ancient Egyptian language and is still used in prayers along with Egyptian Arabic.
