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	Encyclopedia Coptica: The Christian Coptic Orthodox Church Of Egypt
		The Coptic Church is based on the teachings of Saint Mark who brought Christianity to Egypt during the reign of the Roman emperor Nero in the first century, a dozen of years after the Lord's ascension.
		The Coptic Church was misunderstood in the 5th century at the Council of Chalcedon.
		There are three main Liturgies in the Coptic Church: The Liturgy according to Saint Basil, Bishop of Caesarea; The Liturgy according to Saint Gregory of Nazianzus, Bishop of Constantinople; and The Liturgy according to Saint Cyril I, the 24th Pope of the Coptic Church.
	www.coptic.net /EncyclopediaCoptica (0 words)

	CopticChurch.Net - Coptic Orthodox Church Network
		The Coptic Church venerates St. Mary as the "Theotokos,", the Mother of God, whom the Divine Grace chose to bear the Word of God in her womb by the Holy Spirit (Luke 1:35).
		Since she is considered to be the exemplary member in the church, and the interceding mother on behalf of her spiritual children, she is exalted above heavenly and earthly creatures.
		Mark's Coptic Church, Jersey City, NJ Hymns of Veneration for St. Mary for Bishop Youssef, Cantor Gad Lewis, Higher Institute of Studies, and St. George, Geushi Shobra.
	www.copticchurch.net /tools/printpage.php (0 words)

	History Of The Coptic Church
		The Coptic Church is the church of the Christians of Egypt.
		The Coptic Church was established in approximately 48 A.D. in Alexandria, and it spread the word to the Coptic-speaking pagans of Egypt.
		The Coptic Church was amongst the Non-Chalcedonian churches.
	zmatrix.sourceforge.net /stmarycopticchurch.ab.ca/Cultural/ChurchHistory.html (643 words)

	Church of Alexandria (Coptic) - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Coptic Orthodox Church is the portion of the Church of Alexandria which broke from the Byzantine churches in the wake of the Fourth Ecumenical Council in Chalcedon in 451.
		The church is one of the Oriental Orthodox churches.
		The Coptic Church regarded that the ousting of Pope Dioscorus of Alexandria in the council of Chalcedon was in part due to the rivalry between the Bishops of Alexandria and Rome.
	orthodoxwiki.org /Church_of_Alexandria_(Coptic) (2545 words)

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		Coptic is sometimes used improperly to refer to the Ethiopian church because of its unity in faith and close affinity with Christian Egypt.
		The Coptic church is headed by the "patriarch and pope of Alexandria, Pentapolis and Ethiopia," who is elected by the entire community of clergy and laity.
		The church is in communion with the Jacobite Church (...
	www.lycos.com /info/monophysitism--coptic-church.html (641 words)

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		It was in the midst of this ruthless execution and torture that Egypt's Church flourished beyond recognition until it assumed its definitive form in the course of the second century.
		Three liturgies are used in the Coptic Church, the Liturgy of St. Cyril, the Liturgy of St. Basil and the Liturgy of St. Gregory.
		The Coptic Church is experiencing this century quite a significant revival in many aspects of its life: in its ministry both at home and abroad, in education, and in ecumenism.
	www.copts.net /coptic_church.asp (5717 words)

	Coptic Hymns
		Coptic hymns are deep, harmonic and exactly defined songs meant to express the innermost emotions of the praising spirit.
		Contrary to that, however, in the Apostolic churches especially the Coptic Church hymns are itself a worship for both the singer and the listener.
		Praising God is highly honoured by the Coptic Church to the same degree as the Holy Sacraments as it is a ‘sacrament of the heart’.
	tasbeha.org /content/articles/coptic_hymns.php (1720 words)

	Coptic Hymns
		It is quite remarkable that the church was able to preserve these hymns inside its holy chapel for 2000 years despite that they were not written by musical notation and the absence of tape recorders, the use of which spread only during this century.
		One of the researchers gave reasons for not using the musical instruments in the church in that the architectural nature of the churches of the early ages, which were built underground to escape from persecution, did not allow the hymns to be performed except by human voices.
		Undoubtedly, the Coptic hymn has a Pharaonic origin, as it is so natural that the pharoahs, who were specialized in the Gods’ music with its pharaonic secrets, when they became Christians could not get rid of that music which lived in their being, mixed with their life aspects and was stored in their subconscious mind.
	www.davidensemble.com /english/coptichymns.htm (1625 words)

	An Overview of the Coptic Christians of Egypt
		The history of the Coptic Church in Egypt is basically the history of Christianity in Egypt, for the current Coptic Church is a direct evolution from those earlier times.
		The church today maintains communications with the Roman Catholic church, as well as others, and it is clear that the desire of the Copts is to be fully and unequivocally accepted as orthodox Christians by all members of the Christian world community.
		However, since the pilgrimage is a Coptic expression and desire to be close to Christ, the Holy Virgin Mary, as well as the various Coptic saints, many pilgrimages take place in locations thought to have been visited by the Holy Family on their travels to Egypt.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/copticchristians.htm (3460 words)

	Imperial Ethiopia - Ethiopia's Religions
		The second ranking hierarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church is the Abbot of the Debre Libanos Monastery, reflecting the importance of monasticism in Ethiopia.
		The Ethiopian Church was the state religion of imperial Ethiopia, and is in communion with the other Non-Chalcedonian Churches, namely the Coptic Church of Egypt, the Syrian Church (the so-called Jacobite), the Armenian Apostolic Church and the Syrian Church of India.
		On the altar of Ethiopian churches there is a miniature facsimile of the tabot, one of the tablets of the Ark of the Covenant, which Ethiopians believe is preserved in their country.
	www.imperialethiopia.org /religions.htm (1096 words)

	Coptic Church
		The name Coptic is derived from the Greek word for Egyptian and reflects the national character of this ancient church, which goes back to the origins of Christianity.
		When the Christian church was torn apart by the 5th century controversies on the identity of Christ, most Egyptian Christians sided with the Monophysite party, which held that Christ has one nature, a doctrine condemned at the Council of Chalcedon (451).
		Traditionally the Coptic church is headed by the pope and patriarch of Alexandria, who is nominated by an electoral college of clergy and laity, with the final selection among three leading nominees decided by lot.
	mb-soft.com /believe/txn/coptic.htm (684 words)

	The History of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt & the Copts - St. Takla Hiamout Church - Alexandria
		For example, there were restrictions on repairing old Coptic Churches and building new ones, on testifying in court, on public behavior, on adoption, on inheritance, on public religious activities, and on dress codes.
		Her repeated daily appearances in a small Church in Elzaytoun district of Cairo for over a month in April of 1968 was wittnessed by thousands of Egyptians, both Copts and Muslims and was even broadcast on International TV.
		The Coptic Orthodox Church's clergy is headed by the Pope of Alexandria (more info about His Holiness can be found here at St. Takla's website) and includes Bishops who oversee the priests ordained in their dioceses.
	st-takla.org /Coptic-church-1.html (3250 words)

	Coptic Church
		The Coptic church is the by far largest Christian group in both Egypt as well as in North Africa/Middle East.
		The term, Coptic Church, is sometimes used for the Ethiopian church, too, but this bodym now the Ethiopian Orthodox, declared itself independent from its Egyptian heritage in 1959, and does not accept the term 'Coptic' for itself.
		The Coptic church is active in talks with other smaller churches, and has also found a basis for solving theological differences with the Eastern Orthodox church, recognizing that political and verbal distinctions throughout history sometimes formed the basis for disunity.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/coptic_c.htm (767 words)

	Coptic Fellowship Home Page :: History
		In 117 A.D. a Coptic Orthodox Church was established in Cairo.
		At the Fifth Ecumenical Church Council at Constantinople in 553 A.D., under the reign of the Emperor Justinian, several books, including those on reincarnation, were removed from the Bible and many other changes in the text were made.
		In Coptic temple training, Hamid was taught spiritual disciplines in emotional and mental control, meditation, and the futility of fear.
	www.coptic-sun.org /history.html (3351 words)

	Egypt - Coptic Church
		Members of the Coptic Church worldwide (about 1 million Copts lived outside of Egypt as of 1990) recognize the pope as their spiritual leader.
		By the tenth century, Arabic had replaced Coptic as the primary spoken language, and Coptic was relegated to a liturgical language.
		Coptic Pope Shenudah III (elected in 1971) blamed government silence for the increasing violence.
	countrystudies.us /egypt/70.htm (903 words)

	Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
		Having almost the same faith as the Eastern Orthodox Churches, including the Russian, Greek, Romanian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Serbian and the Orthodox Church of America, the Coptic Church is involved in an ecumenical dialogue that aims in the restoration of the intercommunion relations between both families of Orthodox Churches.
		The Coptic Church was misunderstood in the 5th century at the Council of Chalcedony.
		A small number of Copts still use Coptic besides Arabic and an increasing number of Copts in the diaspora are reviving the use of the language of their fathers.
	www.andrewfanous.com /CopticCorner/CopticChurch.htm (3595 words)

	history
		The liturgy was kept, the Coptic language predominated on the geek and later on Arabic.
		In 1741, Benoit XIV appointed Athanase, the Coptic Bishop of Jerusalem Apostolic Vicar for the Coptic of Egypt.
		H.B. Cyrillus Macaire was appointed Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, and the Egyptian territory was divided in three dioceses: the patriarchal diocese including all the lower Egypt (Delta of the Nile), the diocese of Hermopolis Magna and the diocese of Thebes.
	www.opuslibani.org.lb /church/coptic/history.htm (751 words)

	Coptic Church - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Coptic Church (Arabic qubt; from Greek aiguptios,”Egyptian”), the major Christian church in Egypt, the name of which points to its national...
		The chief remains of Coptic architecture are monasteries and churches, scattered throughout the country, built of unbaked brick on the basilica plan...
		- Egyptian Christian Church: the Egyptian Christian Church, established in the 6th century and adhering to the doctrine of the Monophysites
	encarta.msn.com /Coptic_Church.html (168 words)

	Coptic Orphans - FAQs
		Whether you decide to simply donate to Coptic Orphans as a whole or to specifically sponsor a child, assistance to the children is based on need.
		We work together with the church to help alleviate the suffering of the children and to share the burden of this work.
		The Reps (who are also servants and leaders in the church) provide love and guidance to the children to ensure their continued spiritual growth.
	www.copticorphans.org /faqs.html (1042 words)

	Marijuana and the Bible by The Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church
		The Coptic Church is not politically originated, and this was firmly expressed when we met with the political directorate of the land during the period of pre-incorporation.
		It is however assumed that the Coptic religious services have their roots in the earliest layers of Christian ritual in Jerusalem and it is known that the Coptic church is of ancient origin going back to the time of the first Christian communities and even before.
		We of the Ethiopian Zion Coptic Church declare that the cup that Christ baptized his disciples with in the baptism of the Holy Spirit and fire was in fact a pipe or chillum in which marijuana was smoked.
	www.druglibrary.org /schaffer/hemp/potbible.htm (10951 words)

	Coptic Church
		Missionary activity from the Coptic Church spread in all directions and was particularly successful southward, reaching deep into Nubia before the Islamic domination in the late seventh century.
		The Hellenization of the Coptic Liturgy was resisted for the most part, and the Coptic language (a mixture of the old Egyptian and Greek) and way of worship prevailed.
		The greater part of the Coptic Church divided from the rest of the church in 451 after the Council of Chalcedon; those who accepted the Council faded away during the long period of Islamic domination.
	www.faswebdesign.com /ECPA/Alexandria/Coptic.html (270 words)

	Learn Coptic, Coptic Windows, Coptic Office, Coptic Software, Coptic Dictionary, Coptic Translation, Coptic Keyboards, ...
		Coptic represents the final stage of the ancient Egyptian language, whose familiar hieroglyphic writing dates as far back as 3000 B.C. The word "Copt" is derived from the Greek, and later the Arabic, word for "Egyptian." Coptic is a Hamitic language, constituting one of the branches of the Afro-Asiatic (Hamito-Semitic) family.
		In the 5th century a schism occurred in the Egyptian Christian church, with the branch known as the Monophysites coming to be known as the Coptic Church.
		The Coptic alphabet consists of thirty-two letters, twenty-five borrowed from the Greek, and seven from Demotic, a later simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.
	www.worldlanguage.com /Languages/Coptic.htm (352 words)

	Coptic Catholic Church
		Historically, several centuries before a branch of the Coptic church joined the Catholic church, there were Roman Catholics in Egypt.
		These had importance for the eventual conversion of the Coptic Catholic group, as they were a bridge to many groups and individuals in the Coptic community as a whole.
		The church's centre is in Alexandria, while there are dioceses in: Minya, Assyut, Sohag, Luxor and Ismailia.
	lexicorient.com /e.o/coptic_cath.htm (358 words)

	History Of The Coptic Church
		This trend continued for centuries, the Coptic Church maintained the language by its use in the services, but even the church began doing services in Arabic as well as Coptic.
		In the 19th century, the Coptic Church initiated a revival of the language.
		It is still not a common enough language that you can find people conversing in it today, but it remains an active part of church life for members of the Coptic church.
	zmatrix.sourceforge.net /stmarycopticchurch.ab.ca/Cultural/LangHistory.html (421 words)

	Coptic Orthodox Church
		The Coptic Orthodox Church is an Apostolic, biblical and sacramental Christian church.
		The Coptic Church is one of the most ancient churches in the world, having been founded in the first century by St. Mark the Apostle, the writer of the second Gospel.
		Throughout the years, the Coptic Orthodox Church has stood firm and remained faithful to the Lord through Her Apostolic traditions and Orthodox faith.
	www.blessusa.org /org/coptic.shtml (184 words)

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