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A Methodist Church in northwestern Folker Township on the Fox River; organized about 1860, long before the church decided on its name. Lumber for the church building was hauled from Alexandria by ox teams, and the brick for the chimney and lining for the walls was burned on a neighboring farm. It was not completed until after the Civil War.
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Sep 9, 2022 · Paul Raabe reflects on the label “Lutheran” and how, in some contexts, it does not communicate to most Americans. We need to be able to explain ourselves to outsiders in ways intelligible to them. Maybe a church sign should say: “A Gospel-Baptism-Lord’s Supper-Bible-Creedal-Liturgical Church - Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.” These descriptions are the markers of our church body.
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Alexandria, the CHURCH OF. The Church of Alexandria, founded according to the constant tradition of both East and West by St. Mark the Evangelist, was the center from which Christianity spread throughout all Egypt, the nucleus of the powerful Patriarchate of Alexandria.
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When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt about 332-331 BC he established the city of Alexandria, named after him, from which his Greek-speaking successors, the Ptolemy dynasty, ruled Egypt. Alexandria also had many Greek-speaking Jewish inhabitants, and it was here that the Old Testament scriptures were translated into Greek, the Septuagintversion....
In recent years, a considerable missionary effort was enacted by Pope Petros VII. During his seven years as patriarch (1997-2004), he worked tirelessly to spread the Orthodox Faith in Arab nations and throughout Africa, raising up native clergy and encouraging the use of local languages in the liturgical life of the Church. Missions spread and thri...
The Holy Synod
1. His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa 2. His Eminence Makarios (Tillyrides), Metropolitan of Nairobi and Kenya 3. His Eminence Seraphim (Kykkotis), Metropolitan of Zimbabwe-Angola and Southern Africa 4. His Eminence Alexandros (Gianniris), Metropolitan of Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea 5. His Eminence Theophylaktos (Tzoumerkas), Metropolitan of Tripoli and Lybia 6. His Eminence Sergios (Kykkotis), Metropolitan of Good Hope and All Natal and Dependencie...
Auxiliary Metropolitans
1. His Eminence Athanasios (Kykkotis), Metropolitan of Cyrene and the Libyan Sea 2. His Eminence Theodoros (Dimitriou), Metropolitan of Heliopolis and Middle Egypt 3. His Eminence Narkissos (Gammoh), Metropolitan of Naucratis and the Egyptian Nile
Diocesan Bishops
1. His Grace Neophytos (Kongai), Bishop of Nyeri-Mount Kenya 2. His Grace Agathonikos (Nikolaidis), Bishop of Arusha-Central Tanzania 3. His Grace Sylvestros (Kisitu), Bishop of Gulu-Eastern Uganda 4. His Grace Photios (Hatziantoniou), Bishop of Malawi 5. His Grace Prodromos (Katsoulis), Bishop of Toliara-Southern Madagascar 6. His Grace Markos (Theodosis), Bishop of Kisumu-Western Kenya
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Feb 6, 2023 · 968 views. History of the Church of Alexandria. Founded around 49 CE by Saint Mark the Evangelist, a disciple of Saint Peter, the Church of Alexandria was firmly established as the center...
It is one of the five sees of the pentarchy, alongside Rome, Antioch, Constantinople and Jerusalem . Tradition holds that the Church of Alexandria was founded by Saint Mark the Evangelist [1] circa 49 AD and claims jurisdiction over all Christians on the African continent.
