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	Church of Alexandria (Coptic) - OrthodoxWiki
		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 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.
		Cyril VI (Atta) of Alexandria قداسة البابا كيرلس السادس
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Church_of_Alexandria_(Coptic) (2612 words)

	Church of Alexandria (Coptic) - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		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 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.
		Cyril VI (Atta) of Alexandria قداسة البابا كيرلس السادس
	orthodoxwiki.org /Church_of_Alexandria_(Coptic) (2518 words)

	Patriarch and Patriarchate
		On the other hand, the existence of several Catholic patriarchs of the same see, for instance, the Melchite, Jacobite, Maronite, and Latin titulars of Antioch, is a concession to the national feeling of Eastern Christians, or, in the case of the Latin, a relic of the crusades that archæologically can hardly be justified.
		Orthodox theologians were delighted that the sacred pentarchy, the classical order of five patriarchs, was thus restored; they said that God had raised up Moscow to replace fallen Rome.
		(6) the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldees.
	www.kobayat.org /data/maronites/patriarch.htm (5464 words)

	Our Church
		The quarrel between the old patriarch and Arius was blazing furiously to the extent that there was bloodshed in the streets of Alexandria and Nicomedia.
		The Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria was deposed and exiled by the Western civil and ecclesiastical authorities.
		Cyrus was reinstated by Byzantia as governor of Alexandria.
	www.stmarkcoccleveland.org /copticchurch.html (5737 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.
		The Coptic Orthodox Church is also the largest church in the Middle East and Africa.
	www.blessusa.org /org/coptic.shtml (184 words)

	St. Mina & St. Abanoub Coptic Orthodox Church - Miamisburg, OH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria was deposed and exiled by the Western civil and ecclesiastical authorities.
		Cyrus was reinstated by Byzantia as governor of Alexandria.
		Three liturgies are used in the Coptic Church, the liturgy of St. Cyril, the liturgy of St. Basil and the Liturgy of St. Gregory.
	www.stminastabanoub.org /history.html (5621 words)

	Saint Mary Coptic Orthodox Church, Surrey, BC Canada
		Coptic Monasticism is considered the most profound spiritual revival in the history of the Church.
		The Patriarch of Alexandria was accused of being Eutychean because he had presided over the second Council of Ephesus which had absolved Eutyches, despite the fact that it was a Coptic council which had later condemned the heretical teachings of Eutyches once he had returned to them.
		Throughout that period, the Coptic language remained the language of Egypt, and it was not until the second half of the eleventh century that the first bilingual Coptic-Arabic liturgical manuscripts began to appear.
	www.saintmarycopticorthodoxchurch.com /brief2.shtml (1809 words)

	Patriarch of Alexandria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Patriarch of Alexandria is the archbishop of Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt.
		Diocesan Bishop of Alexandria, Elder Metropolitan Archbishop of the Egyptian Province, Primate of Pentapolis, Libya, Nubia and Sudan and Patriarch of all Africa.
		The Coptic Catholic Patriarch of Alexandria, the leader of the Coptic Catholic Church, known as Patriarch of Alexandria of the Copts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Patriarch_of_Alexandria (561 words)

	Coptic Church
		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.
		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 (659 words)

	history
		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.
		The Patriarch himself, whose residence is in Cairo, administers the patriarchal diocese.
	www.opuslibani.org.lb /church/coptic/history.htm (751 words)

	Ecumenical Patriarchate
		The Ecumenical Patriarch has the historical and theological responsibility to initiate and coordinate actions among the Churches of Alexandria, Antioch, Jerusalem, Russia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Georgia, Cyprus, Greece, Poland, Albania, The Czech Land and Slovakia, Finland, Estonia, and numerous archdioceses in the old and new worlds.
		The Patriarch is a living witness to the world of Orthodoxy’s painful and redemptive struggle for religious freedom and to the innate dignity of humankind.
		Patriarch Bartholomew strives earnestly to prepare the Orthodox Church for its continuing role as a mediator between East and West.
	www.ec-patr.org /athp/index.php?lang=en (1097 words)

	Egyptian government openly discriminatest
		Early in the fourth century, and amid the fierce storm of persecution of the Copts by Diocletian, the Coptic Church was subjected to another storm rising from within.
		It is a fact that the Coptic Church has suffered a great deal throughout its long history at the hands of Greeks, Romans, Muslims and western missionaries, but through God's grace, the strength of Coptic monasticism has kept the Church still standing as a monument to original Apostolic Orthodox Christianity.
		The first is a popularly-elected Coptic Lay Council, which appeared on the stage in 1883 A.D. to act as a liaison between the Church and the Government.
	www.copts.net /coptic_church.asp (5717 words)

	Baounah
		The Commemoration of the Consecration of the Altar of the Forty Martyrs in Alexandria.
		The speakers were, Pope Kyrillos the Sixth, the Patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox, Cardinal Doval, the head of the Roman Papal delegation, the Catholicos Patriarch of Ethiopia, the secretary general of the World Council of Churches, and the Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia.
		The Departure of Pope Archelaus, the Eighteenth Pope of Alexandria.
	www.copticchurch.org /Baounah.htm (15594 words)

	Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
		The Patriarchate of Alexandria is one of the original four Patriarchates of the Early Christian era, besides those of Antioch, Jerusalem and Rome.
		The Coptic community ceased to be regarded by the state as an administrative unit and, by 1855 A.D., the main mark of Copts' inferiority, the "Gezya" tax was lifted, and shortly thereafter Copts started to serve in the Egyptian army.
		The Pope of Alexandria carries the title "Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark." Both the Pope and the Bishops must be monks; they are all members of the Coptic Orthodox Holy Synod (Council), which meets regularly to oversee matters of faith and pastorship in the Church.
	www.andrewfanous.com /CopticCorner/CopticChurch.htm (3595 words)

	St. Mary and St. Athanasius Coptic Orthodox Church (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The word 'Coptic' merely means 'Egyptian.' As a conservative Church, the Coptic Church has carefully preserved the Orthodox Christian Faith in its earliest and purest form, handing it down from generation to generation, unaltered and true to the Apostolic doctrines and patterns of worship.
		The Coptic Orthodox Church is one of the five most ancient churches in the world and is called the "See of Saint Mark." The other four ancient sees are the Church of Jerusalem, the Church of Antioch (Antiochian Orthodox Church), the Church of Rome (Roman Catholic Church) and the Church of Athens (Greek Orthodox Church).
		The Coptic Church is recognized as having suffered one of the most violent waves of persecution in Christian history, and thus our Coptic Calendar commences at the beginning of the reign of Roman Emperor Diocletian, at whose hands thousands of Christians died.
	www.st-athanasius.org /ourchurch/copticchurch.php (1145 words)

	Coptic Centre, UK
		By 190 AD, the Church of Alexandria was exchanging Paschal epistles with the Churches of Jerusalem and Antioch concerning the date of Easter, and there were about forty dioceses under the Patriarch of Alexandria, in the north of the country, in the Delta area.
		Alexandria was merely a city under the rule of the Eastern Roman Empire whose capital was Constantinople, Rome being the capital of the Western Roman Empire.
		The Patriarch of Alexandria was accused of being Eutychean, because he had presided over the second Council of Ephesus which had absolved Eutyches, although a later Coptic council had condemned the teachings of Eutyches, and despite the proved Orthodoxy of Pope Dioscorus who, in defending his Orthodox Faith, gave his famous analogy:
	www.copticcentre.com /two.html (2152 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Europe \| Patriarch Petros: Architect of revival
		The Patriarch was born in Cyprus in 1949.
		Patriarch Petros was the head of a church which traces its origins back to St Mark, the author of one of the four Christian gospels which tell of the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
		In the early days of the church, the Bishops of Alexandria were second in influence and power only to Rome, but the adoption of Christianity as the official religion of the Roman Empire in the 4th Century and subsequent attempts to more closely define the teachings of the Church led to division and schism.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/europe/3648260.stm (334 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 (738 words)

	Coptic Orthodox
		It includes all the prayers regarding the absolution of the woman if she gave birth to a male or a female, the prayers regarding the baptize, the Liturgy of the water, the priest’s absolution, water returning to its original nature, Holy Chrism and anointings, and the commandment.
		It discusses; the Scriptures, the Orthodox Creed, the Sacraments, traditions, priesthood, and the ear;y church fathers.
		In your hands, beloved reader, a summary for the Coptic Church, its language, the different monasteries, the Coptic art, manuscripts, the Coptic calendar, the beliefs of the Church and a short account about His Holiness Pope Shenouda III-the 117th Patriarch of Alexandria.
	www.copticorthodoxliterature.com /cgi-bin/Bookstore.pl (1209 words)

	rel003 Award for Patriarch of Ethiopia, Abune Paulos
		Patriarch Paulos was born 1935 and elected to office in 1992.
		Patriarch Merkorios (elected in 1988) was accused of collaboration with the Menghistu regime and in September 1991, he resigned his duties as Patriarch under pressure.
		Patriarch Paulo made headlines the last two years by calling his religious counterparts in Ethiopia and Eritrea to negotiate peace in Oslo, the Norwegian capital known for the making of several peace accords.
	www.afrol.com /Categories/Culture/rel003_ethiopian_patriarch.htm (862 words)

	Christianity and Islam in Ethiopia
		The Ethiopian Orthodox Church was established at the beginning of the fourth century, making it one of the oldest established churches in the world.
		However, culturally the Orthodox church has dominated the political, social, and cultural life in the highlands, as it has been official religion of the imperial court and hence also of the feudal establishment until Haile Selassie was deposed in 1974.
		The link between the Ethiopian church and the Patriarch of Alexandria was not broken until the 20th century, since the Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria has sent Ethiopia each of its succeeding Abuna.
	www.ethiopiatravel.com /religion_in_ethiopia.htm (1391 words)

	Coptic Africa - His Holiness Pope Shenouda III
		By the age of 16, H. was active in the Sunday School movement, which wrought to enrich Christian Education in the Coptic Orthodox Church.
		On September 30, 1962, he was called by the late Pope Cyril VI to be consecrated Bishop of Christian Education and President of the Coptic Orthodox Theological Seminary.
		He became the first patriarch of Alexandria since the Fifth Century to have been Dean of the Theological Seminary and continues to lecture at the branches of the Seminary in Cairo, Alexandria, and abroad and the Higher Institute of Coptic Studies.
	www.copticafrica.org /pope.htm (1000 words)

	Patriarchate of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
		Aphrem Syrian Orthodox Theological Seminary and the Patriarchate at Ma`arat Sayyidnaya, Damascus, Syria
		Patriarch and one of the most important matters on His Holiness' mind was the issue of the seminary.
		Aphrem's Patriarchal Halls lie to the west of the theological seminary in the complex of St. Aphrem's in Ma`arat Sayyidnaya.
	syriacchristianity.org /PZakka/Patriarchate.htm (1306 words)

	Coptic Africa - The Coptic Orthodox Church
		In the second century the School of Alexandria was the center of Christian Learning for the entire world.
		The Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox centered in Constantinople, and the Oriental Orthodox centered in Alexandria.
		Patriarch of Alexandria, defended the faith against heresy.
	www.copticafrica.org /copticchurch.htm (800 words)

	Syriac Orthodox Church - A Brief Overview
		The Chief Bishop of the Syriac Orthodox Church is the Patriarch of Antioch.
		The supreme head of the Syriac Orthodox Church is the Patriarch of Antioch and all the East.
		The Catholicos is under the jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Antioch and is accountable to the Holy Synod and the local Malankara Synod.
	sor.cua.edu /Intro (3064 words)

	List of Coptic Popes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Coptic Orthodox Church is one of the the Oriental Orthodox churches (not to be mistaken with the Eastern Orthodox group of churches) and is presided over by the Patriarch or Pope of Alexandria who is the body's spiritual leader.
		Currently this position is held by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of all Africa on the Holy the See of St. Mark.
		For the patriarchs of the Eastern Orthodox church after the split with the Oriental Orthodox church, see List of Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Patriarch_of_Alexandria (278 words)

	Coptic History
		The Coptic Orthodox Church believes that the Holy Trinity: God The Father, God The Son, and God The Holy Spirit, are equal to each other in one unity; and that Jesus Christ is the only Savior of the world.
		Less changes have taken place in the Coptic Church than in any other church whether in the ritual or doctrine aspects and that the succession of the Coptic Patriarchs, Bishops, priests and Deacons has been continuous.
		The Coptic Church is also a member of the African Council of Churches and the Middle East Council of Churches.
	www.student.virginia.edu /~coptic/church.html (494 words)

	Pastoral Agreement between the Coptic Orthodox and Greek Orthodox Patriarchates of Alexandria (2001) - OrthodoxWiki
		And due to the pastoral consequences and implications caused by mixed Christian marriages between the members of the two Patriarchates of Alexandria, having the majority of their people living in the same countries.
		For those mentioned reasons, the Holy Synods of both Patriarchates have agreed to accept the sacrament of marriage which is conducted in either Church with the condition that it is conducted for two partners not belonging to the same Patriarchate of the other Church from their origin.
		It is agreed that the Patriarchate which shall perform the marriage shall be responsible for any marriage problems that may happen concerning this certain marriage, taking into consideration the unified marriage laws signed by the heads of Churches in Egypt in the year 1999.
	www.orthodoxwiki.org /Pastoral_Agreement_between_the_Coptic_Orthodox_and_Greek_Orthodox_Patriarchates_of_Alexandria_(2001) (451 words)

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