According to legend, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt, and it was here that Africa's first Christian church – the Coptic Church of Egypt – thrived. To learn more about ...

Mark the evangelist. This church became known as the Coptic church because Copt is the Arabic and Greek word for Egyptian. Before the Moslem invasion in 641 the Copts fell into heresy due to their ...

Unlike other local Orthodox congregations — Archangel Michael Greek Orthodox Church and St. Mary and St. Athanasuis Coptic Orthodox Church — Holy Theophany and St. John the Baptist are part of ...

It was established fifty years later in Rome, where it had the special status of being celebrated with a procession. The Coptic Church celebrated a feast in honor of Mary's death on January 16 by the ...

The study covers the broad landscape of Orthodoxy, including among others: Albanian, Antiochian, Armenian, Bulgarian, Coptic, Greek, Russian, Serbian ... Christian Studies Awarded in conjunction with ...

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The controversy sparked by Fiducia Supplicans extended into north Africa and the Church in the Middle East. Just months after the document’s release, Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church halted ...

And so the Church accompanies seafarers, caring for the special spiritual needs of those who ... This Icon of our Lady Star of the Sea was painted in the Neo-Coptic style by the internationally ...

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The Roman Catholic Church has consistently condemned abortion — the direct and purposeful taking of the life of the unborn child. In principle, Catholic Christians believe that all life is ...