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Interior of Archangel Michael's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Aswan, Egypt. Coptic Iconostasis. The Coptic Altar of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. The Coptic Altar of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem. Iconostasis, Saint Mary & Saint Mercurius Church, Risca, Wales, United Kingdom.
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. The ...
- 10 million
- St. Mark the Evangelist (Traditional)
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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 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.
According to tradition, the founder of the Coptic Church was the apostle St. Mark, who brought Christianity to Egypt in the 1st century. In 451 AD, they split with the larger Christian community over differing ideas about the divine and human natures of Christ.
