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Coptic names refer to the personal names used by the Copts, the indigenous Christian inhabitants of Egypt.They reflect the intersection of Egyptian, Greek, Arab and Christian influences in the region and encompass a diverse range of naming practices, which have evolved over centuries.
Early church historians, writers, and fathers testified to the numerous Copt martyrs. Tertullian, a 3rd-century North African lawyer, wrote, "If the martyrs of the whole world were put on one arm of the balance and the martyrs of Egypt on the other, the balance will tilt in favor of the Copts."
Nader Anise, founder of Coptic American Chamber of Commerce (Coptic Chamber) and attorney; Tharwat Bassily; Michael Ebeid; Monir Fakhri Abdel Nour, banker and businessman; Fayez Sarofim, billionaire, Houston financier
Copts are the descendants of pre-Islamic Egyptians; when Egyptian Muslims later ceased to call themselves by the demonym, the term became the distinctive name of the Christian minority. [ 150 ] [ 151 ] [ 152 ] Most ethnic Copts are Coptic Oriental Orthodox Christians . [ 153 ]
The vast majority of Egyptian Christians are Copts who belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, an Oriental Orthodox Church. [2] [3] As of 2019, Copts in Egypt make up approximately 10 percent of the nation's population, [4] with an estimated population of 9.5 million (figure cited in the Wall Street Journal, 2017) [5] or 10 million (figure cited in the Associated Press, 2019). [6]
Egyptian Roman Catholic saints (2 P) R. Saints from Roman Egypt (1 C, 151 P) Pages in category "Egyptian Christian saints" The following 11 pages are in this category ...
[52] [53] More than a hundred Egyptian copts were killed in sectarian clashes from 2011 to 2017, and many homes and businesses destroyed. In Minya, 77 cases of sectarian attacks on Copts between 2011 and 2016 were documented by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights. [54] Coptic Christian women and girls are often abducted and disappear ...
Egyptian Christian saints (3 C, 11 P) W. Egyptian Christian writers (1 C) Pages in category "Egyptian Christians" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of ...