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Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral (Alexandria) Lists of Coptic church buildings cover church buildings that employ the Alexandrian Rite. They are organized by region or country. Egypt which is where the Coptic religion began is listed in Africa, although Egypt is in Africa and in Asia.
A cathedral church is a Christian place of worship that is the chief, or "mother" church of a diocese and is distinguished as such by being the location for the cathedra or bishop's seat. In the strictest sense, only those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy possess cathedrals.
A modern Coptic cathedral in Aswan. All churches of the Coptic Orthodox Church are designed to face the eastward direction of prayer and efforts are made to remodel churches obtained from other Christian denominations that are not built in this fashion. [77] In Coptic Orthodox Christianity, fasting is defined as going without meat or dairy. [78]
Following the establishment of St Mary & S. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Centre in Birmingham, Bishop Missael was consecrated on 26 May 1991 by Pope Shenouda III as the first bishop of the first Coptic Orthodox diocese in the British Isles, the Diocese of Birmingham, [8] which became the Diocese of the Midlands. [9]
The cathedral is located in the place of a village called p-Sovt em-p-Hoi (Coptic: ⲡⲥⲟⲃⲧ ⲙ̀ⲡϩⲟⲓ "the wall of the moat") which had been given to the Coptic Church in 969 by Jawhar. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] This land was a replacement for the land that was taken from the church to be included in building the Palace of Al-Mu'izz li ...
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The Coptic Orthodox Church named the monks killed in South Africa as Monk Hegumen Takla el-Samuely, Monk Yostos ava Markos and Monk Mina ava Markos. All three were Egyptian nationals.
Coptic Catholic Church page at Fellowship and Aid to the Christians of the East; Article on "Life in a Coptic Catholic Village" "Italian-language video on the Coptic Catholic Church" "Video of the ordination of Coptic Catholic deacons" Article on the Coptic Catholic Church by Ronald Roberson on the CNEWA web site