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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
History of the land. The cathedral is located in the place...
- 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,...
- Pope of The Coptic Orthodox Church
May 20, 2019 · The seven million Coptic Christians in Egypt form the largest Christian community in the Middle East. Christians in Egypt are facing unprecedented levels of persecution. In February 2015, Islamic terrorists beheaded 20 Coptic Christians in Libya.
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Today Coptic is extinct but it is still the liturgical language of the native Egyptian Churches (the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Coptic Catholic Church). It is taught worldwide in many prestigious institutions, but its teaching within Egypt remains limited.
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- c. 10,000
- 1,000 (2014)
- 25,000 – 30,000 (2006)
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- Hierarchy
- Ecumenism
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Beginnings
Since the Council of Chalcedon in the 5th century and the official separation of the Coptic Church from the Western Christian and Eastern Orthodox Churches, the Catholic Church has attempted to achieve reunion with the Copts in Egypt many times. During the Council of Florence in 1442, the Coptic delegates present agreed to a reunion with the papacy in Rome, but the Coptic populace was opposed to the idea, and the union did not take effect. Further failed attempts at reunion were undertaken by...
Patriarchate
Under the assumption that the Ottoman viceroy wanted a Catholic patriarch for the Coptic Catholics in 1824, the Pope established the Patriarchate of Alexandria from the Apostolic Vicariate of Syria, Egypt, Arabia and Cyprus but it was basically titular.The Ottomans in 1829 allowed the Coptic Catholics to build their own churches. The number of Catholics of this rite increased to the point that Leo XIII in 1895 restored the Catholic patriarchate. He initially named Bishop Cyril Makarios as pat...
The Coptic Catholic Church sui juris comprises a single ecclesiastical province, covering Egypt alone. The Patriarch is the sole Metropolitan Archbishop, retaining the ancient title Alexandria but his actual seat is in Egypt's modern capital Cairo. Coptic Catholic Church has eight suffragan bishops, throughout Egypt, comprising the only Coptic Cath...
Relations between the Coptic Catholic Church and the larger Coptic Orthodox Church are generally very good.
- 166 (2016)
- Congregation for the Oriental Churches
- 187,320 (2017)
Dec 27, 2022 · The research ends with a set of conclusions and recommendations that constitutes a list of design principles for the Coptic Church, addressing both sustainable design strategies and symbolism...
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 ...
Through the first seven centuries of Greco-Roman rule, a distinctive Coptic theological stance was formed as well as its literature, art, and liturgy. Coptic monasticism shaped Coptic spirituality and influenced the universal church.
