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The Coptic Church started its calendar in 284 AD, this was the year in which Diocletian was chosen as emperor. During his reign many thousands were martyred. The Copts considered this as the beginning of a new era in the Old Egyptian Calendar, hence the name "Anno Maryrii".
Pope Shenouda III ( Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [ʃeˈnuːdæ]; Coptic: Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲅ̅ Papa Abba Šenoude pimah šoumt; Arabic: بابا الإسكندرية شنودة الثالث Bābā al-Iskandarīyah Shinūdah al-Thālith; 3 August 1923 – 17 March 2012 [1]) was the 117th Pope of Alexandria and ...
Aug 4, 2020 · The representations of domes symbolize heaven. Some Coptic churches have one dome, called a cupola. The dome interior is usually painted with the icon of our Lord or in a blight blue color decorated with angels and stars. This resembles Jesus Christ as the Head of the Church who is seated in the heavens.
Although Muslims comprise the majority of the Egyptian population, Coptics are still one of the largest Christian groups in the Middle East. Considered an Eastern Orthodox Church, the Coptic Church is one of the oldest churches in the world and hasn’t changed in over 2,000 years, so it’s no wonder that it has so much tradition.
Theodora of Alexandria was a saint and martyr who lived during the 5th century in Alexandria, during the reign of Emperor Zeno. Hagiographer Sabine Baring-Gould states that Theodora's story might have been embellished and that her biography was probably pieced together from the lives of other saints, such as Marina the Monk, another 5th century Byzantine saint who also lived as a male among ...
Apr 9, 2017 · The twin attacks, timed for a day of Christian worship, come following months of attacks on Egypt’s Coptic minority. St Peter and St Paul’s church in the St Marks Cathedral compound in Cairo ...
While the traditions of the Coptic Orthodox Church mandate that one must be consecrated as a Diocesan Bishop, and serve in this capacity for a time, prior to their elevation to the rank of Metropolitan Bishop, the primate of the Archdiocese of Jerusalem, All Palestine, and All the Near East, is consecrated as a Metropolitan Archbishop, without ...
