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The church follows the Coptic Rite for its liturgy, prayer and devotional patrimony. Adherents of the Coptic Orthodox Church make up Egypt's largest and most significant minority population, and the largest population of Christians in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). [1] [2] [3] They make up the largest share of the approximately 20 ...
St. Abba Sarapamone Coptic Orthodox Church, 1517 Madison St, Clarksville, TN. St Karas 1207 SE Broad St Murfreesboro, TN 37130. St. John the Beloved 851 Baker Rd, Smyrna, TN 37167. St. Barbara Coptic Orthodox Church - Franklin, TN. St. Verena Coptic Orthodox Church 5240 Edmondson Pike, Nashville, TN 3721.
The first Coptic church in the United States, St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church, was established in the late 1960s in Jersey City . There are many Coptic Orthodox churches and congregations in the United States. Estimated numbers of adherents, based on church membership, was stated in 2008 as between 350,000 and 420,000. [1]
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, since the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451.
The Oriental Orthodox communion is composed of six autocephalous national churches: the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria; the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch and its constituent autonomous Malankara Jacobite Syrian Church; the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church; the Armenian Apostolic Church comprising the autocephalous Catholicosate of ...
In 1964, St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church in Toronto, Canada was established. However, not too long afterwards, the first parish in the States, St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church ( Jersey City) was founded in the late 1960s and it is considered the first Coptic Orthodox Church, parish, and church building in North America, if not, the Western ...
Saint Mark Cathedral in Cairo. The Pope ( Coptic: Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ, romanized: Papa; Arabic: البابا, romanized : al-Bābā, lit. 'father'), also known as the Bishop of Alexandria, or Patriarch of Alexandria , is the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, with ancient Christian roots in Egypt. The primacy of the Patriarch of Alexandria is ...
Alphabetical list of Christian Saints in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. St. Abraam. St. Anthony the Great. St. Athanasius the Apostolic. Aaron, the high priest, and brother of Moses. Ababius, monk of Scetes. Abadiu, bishop and martyr of Ansena. Abakir, John, the 3 Virgins and their Mother, martyrs from Alexandria.