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The Coptic Catholic Church is the most numerous of the local Catholic communities (200,000 faithful) and is organized into the Patriarchal Diocese, which includes Cairo, Alexandria, the Delta region and the South, and five other Dioceses: Minya, Lycopolis (Assiut), Sohag, Thebes-Luxor and Ismayliah.
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 .
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Feb 22, 2008 · Feb 22, 2008. Book by Otto R. A. Meinardus. When people hear of modern day Egypt, they think that the majority of its people are Muslim. However, many Christians also reside there. The largest...
The polytheistic religion of Egypt, with its major deities Ra (the sun), Ptah, Amun, and Osiris, dominates Egypt. Despite several periods in which Egypt is controlled by outsiders (Hyksos 1700 ...
ONE: Can you tell us more about the Catholic community in Egypt and its relationship to the Coptic Orthodox Church? Father Douglas May: Catholics in Egypt are often considered the “original Protestants,” heretics and the “bastard children of Rome” by some of the Coptic Orthodox priests and hierarchy.
Feb 14, 2017 · By Andrea Gagliarducci. Vatican City, Feb 14, 2017 / 00:08 am. A special invitation to visit Egypt was delivered to Pope Francis by Coptic Catholic bishops during their ad limina visit Feb. 6,...
Christian Manuscripts in Egypt and Ethiopia from 110 AD In 1886-1887 the Apocalypse of Peter manuscript or the Revelation of Peter was found north of Luxor, Egypt. Luxor is an area known for its many sites, like monasteries and churches, for the early church in Egypt. It was written in 110 AD. Another Apocalypse of…
