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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.
- 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
Seraphim, primate of the British Orthodox Church, was not...
- Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria
But after 536, they permanently established separate...
- Makuria
Makuria (Old Nubian: ⲇⲱⲧⲁⲩⲟ, Dotawo; Greek: Μακουρία,...
- Palm Sunday church bombings
On Palm Sunday, 9 April 2017, twin suicide bombings took...
- Pope of The Coptic Orthodox Church
On Palm Sunday, 9 April 2017, twin suicide bombings took place at St. George's Church in the northern Egyptian city of Tanta on the Nile delta, and Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, the principal church in Alexandria, seat of the Coptic papacy. At least 375 people were reported killed and 789 injured. [1]
- 9 April 2017, Palm Sunday
- Explosive vests
- Total: 47, Tanta: 30, Alexandria: 17
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Coptic icon of St. Mark. The Copts are one of the oldest Christian communities in the Middle East. Although integrated in the larger Egyptian nation state, the Copts have survived as a distinct religious community forming around 5 to 20 percent of the population, [49] [39] [50] [51] though estimates vary.
- 3,000
- c. 10,000
- 1,000 (2014)
- 25,000 – 30,000 (2006)
The first Coptic church in the United States, St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church, was established in the late 1960s in Jersey City . There are many Coptic Orthodox churches and congregations in the United States. Estimated numbers of adherents, based on church membership, was stated in 2008 as between 350,000 and 420,000. [1]
The Coptic Church, the Egyptian government, and the Libyan parliament confirmed the deaths. Later, when one of the perpetrators of the operation was arrested, he admitted in the investigation that the slaughter had taken place at the beach opposite Al Mahary Hotel in Sirte .
Oct 11, 2018 · KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images. CNN —. An Egyptian military court sentenced 17 people to death on Thursday over their involvement in the 2016 and 2017 bombings of three churches and a police...
Apr 9, 2017 · Isis has claimed responsibility for two bomb blasts that struck Coptic churches in Egypt, killing at least 47 people as members of the country’s largest religious minority celebrated Palm...
