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This article is about the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria in African countries other than Egypt. Jesus Christ in a Coptic icon. ...
It is important to note that the Apostolic Throne of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is based in the ancient and great Alexandria, Egypt, which is in Africa. The jurisdiction of the Church of Alexandria extended, as per Canon law of the First and Second Ecumenical Councils, to the Province of Egypt, Nubia and Pentapolis. Later on in expanded south to encompass all of what is now known as the Sudan. Jesus Christ in a Coptic icon. ...
---- Alexandria (Greek: , Coptic: , Arabic: , Egyptian Arabic: Iskindireyya), (population of 3. ...
A world map showing the continent of Africa. ...
Today Nubia is the region in the south of Egypt, along the Nile and in northern Sudan, but in ancient times it was an independent kingdom. ...
A Pentapolis, from the Greek words penta five and polis city(-state) is geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities. ...
It is also to be noted that since the demise of the Latin (Roman) North African Archiepiscopate of Carthage (which covered all of North and West Africa, apart from Egypt, Pentapolis & Libya) in the 8th century, Alexandria became the sole Apostolic Throne in the entire continent of Africa (or what was known of it at that time). It is also to be noted that actually, the historical evangelization of the Apostolic Throne of Alexandria in Africa, apart from Egypt, Pentapolis, Libya, Nubia and the Sudan, does extend to: Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...
Motto: Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) The Roman Empire at its greatest extent, c. ...
Northern Africa (UN subregion) geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, generally divided by the formidable barrier of the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa. ...
Carthage (Greek: , from the Phoenician Kart-hadasht meaning new town, Arabic: ‎, Latin: ) refers both to an ancient city in North Africa located in modern day Tunis and to the civilization that developed within the citys sphere of influence. ...
Northern Africa (UN subregion) geographic, including above North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, generally divided by the formidable barrier of the Sahara from Sub-Saharan Africa. ...
Western Africa (UN subregion) Maghreb[1] West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. ...
A Pentapolis, from the Greek words penta five and polis city(-state) is geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities. ...
---- Alexandria (Greek: , Coptic: , Arabic: , Egyptian Arabic: Iskindireyya), (population of 3. ...
A world map showing the continent of Africa. ...
---- Alexandria (Greek: , Coptic: , Arabic: , Egyptian Arabic: Iskindireyya), (population of 3. ...
A world map showing the continent of Africa. ...
A Pentapolis, from the Greek words penta five and polis city(-state) is geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities. ...
Today Nubia is the region in the south of Egypt, along the Nile and in northern Sudan, but in ancient times it was an independent kingdom. ...
It constituted a major archdiocese of the Church of Alexandria, which was always governed by an Egyptian Patriarchal Vicar in the rank of Archbishop since the 4th century, and named Aboune Salama by the Ethiopian Church. By 1929, the Alexandrine Throne allowed the Ethiopian Clergy to participate in the governing of their own Church, and the first native Ethiopian Archbishop was enthroned in 1930 (thus becoming an Autonomous Church). The Orthodox Church of Alexandria is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches. ...
In the broadest sense, a vicar (from the Latin vicarius) is anyone acting as a substitute or agent for a superior (compare vicarious). In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant. ...
In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. ...
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church is an Oriental Orthodox church in Ethiopia that was part of the Coptic Church until it was granted its own Patriarch by Cyril VI, the Coptic Pope, in 1959. ...
In 1959, an agreement was reached between the Ethiopian Holy Synod and the Alexandrine Throne to have their own Patriarch-Catholicos in a transitional period. The Ethiopian Archbishop ordained as Primate of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church back in 1950, was elevated by the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria Joseph II in Cairo and enthroned in Addis Ababa by the members of the Ethiopian Holy Synod and an Alexandrine delegation. The first Prelate, His Beatitude Aboune Basilius I (1959-1971), Patriarch-Catholicos of Addis Ababa and all Ethiopia, was ordained and enthroned in 1959, by the saintly remembered and the thrice blessed the late Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria. For other senses, see Patriarch (disambiguation). ...
Catholicos (plural Catholicoi) is a title used by the head bishop of any of certain Eastern churches. ...
The Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahido Church is an Oriental Orthodox church in Ethiopia that was part of the Coptic Church until it was granted its own Patriarch by Cyril VI, the Coptic Pope, in 1959. ...
1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Christ - Coptic Art Coptic Orthodox Christianity is the indigenous form of Christianity that, according to tradition, the apostle Mark established in Egypt in the middle of the 1st century AD (approximately AD 60). ...
It has been suggested that Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church be merged into this article or section. ...
His Holiness Joseph II, known in Coptic as YusabII was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. ...
Nickname: Al Qahirah (The Triumphant City) Egypt: Site of Cairo (top center) Coordinates: Government - Governor Dr. Abdul Azim Wazir Area - City 210 km² (81. ...
For the long-distance runner, see Addis Abebe. ...
For the long-distance runner, see Addis Abebe. ...
Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
St Kyrillos VI, 116th Pope of Alexandria: A man of prayer, who held daily masses and had his door open to everyone His Holiness Pope Cyril (Kyrillos) VI of Alexandria, born Azer Ioseph Atta (August 8, 1902 – March 9, 1971), was Coptic Orthodox Pope from 1959 to 1971. ...
The Patriarchate of Addis Ababa and of all Ethiopia is now headed by its 5th Patriarch, His Beatitude Aboune Paulos I (1992- ). This is after the Patriarchates of H.B. the late Aboune Theophilus I (1971-1979) (Deposed in a non-canonical way in 1976, sent to prison and murdered in prison in 1979), H.B. the late Aboune Thecla Hemanote I (1976-1988) (who was elected in a non canonical manner by pressure of the then Communist Government to replace his predecessor.) & H.B. Abouna Mercurios I (1988-1991), (who resigned under pressure, due to the accusation of collaborating with the (Dereg) Menghistu Communist Regime, and who is now living in self exile in Kenya). For the long-distance runner, see Addis Abebe. ...
His Beatitude Aboune Paulos I has requested from the Alexandrine Throne complete independence to his Patriarchate. The Patriarchate of Addis Ababa and all Ethiopia was granted its independence in 1994, by H.H. Shenouda III Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria, thus making the Patriarchate of Addis Ababa and all Ethiopia hierarchically and jurisdictionally independent “Autocephalous Patriarchate.” For the long-distance runner, see Addis Abebe. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
His Holiness Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, born Nazeer Gayed, has been Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church since November 14, 1971. ...
It has been suggested that Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church be merged into this article or section. ...
For the long-distance runner, see Addis Abebe. ...
In hierarchical Christian churches, especially Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, autocephaly is the status of a hierarchical church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop. ...
Whose own Prelate, H.B. the late Aboune Philipos I (1998-2002), Patriarch of Asmara and of all Eritrea, was ordained and enthroned in May 1998, by H.H. Pope Shenouda III Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria. This made the new Patriarchate of Asmara and of all Eritrea a hierarchically and jurisdictionally independent “Autocephalous Patriarchate.” The Current Prelate, H.B. Aboune Antonius I (2004- ), is the third Patriarch of Asmara and all Eritrea, who succeeded H.B. the late Yacob I (2003-2004) the second Patriarch of Asmara and all Eritrea. However, he was deposed non-canonically in January 2006, and replaced by H.B. Aboune Discoros I. This action is however not approved by the Alexandrine Throne and is still under debate. It is to be noted that prior to granting the autonous status to this Church in 1994 and then autocephaly in 1998, it constituted a major archdiocese within the Patriarchate of Addis Ababa and all Ethiopia. Asmara Asmara (formerly Asmera) is the capital city and largest settlement in Eritrea, home to a population of around 579,000 people. ...
1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
HH Pope Shenouty III, 117th Pope of Alexandria and All Africa, and Patriarch of the Apostolic See of St Mark His Holiness Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, born Nazeer Gayed, has been Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church since November 14, 1971. ...
It has been suggested that Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church be merged into this article or section. ...
Asmara Asmara (formerly Asmera) is the capital city and largest settlement in Eritrea, home to a population of around 579,000 people. ...
In hierarchical Christian churches, especially Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches, autocephaly is the status of a hierarchical church whose head bishop does not report to any higher-ranking bishop. ...
A patriarchate is the office or jurisdiction of a patriarch. ...
Asmara Asmara (formerly Asmera) is the capital city and largest settlement in Eritrea, home to a population of around 579,000 people. ...
Asmara Asmara (formerly Asmera) is the capital city and largest settlement in Eritrea, home to a population of around 579,000 people. ...
For the long-distance runner, see Addis Abebe. ...
Both the Patriarchate of Addis Ababa and all Ethiopia and the Patriarchate of Asmara & all Eritrea do acknowledge the supremacy of honor & dignity of the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria on the basis that both Patriarchates were established by the Throne of Alexandria and that they have their roots in the Apostolic Church of Alexandria, and acknowledge that Saint Mark the Apostle is the founder of their Churches through the heritage and Apostolic evangelization of the Fathers of Alexandria. For the long-distance runner, see Addis Abebe. ...
Asmara Asmara (formerly Asmera) is the capital city and largest settlement in Eritrea, home to a population of around 579,000 people. ...
It has been suggested that Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church be merged into this article or section. ...
---- Alexandria (Greek: , Coptic: , Arabic: , Egyptian Arabic: Iskindireyya), (population of 3. ...
The Orthodox Church of Alexandria is one of the autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Churches. ...
Mark the Evangelist (1st century) is traditionally believed to be the author of the Gospel of Mark, drawing much of his material from Peter. ...
---- Alexandria (Greek: , Coptic: , Arabic: , Egyptian Arabic: Iskindireyya), (population of 3. ...
In other words, the Patriarchate of Addis Ababa & all Ethiopia and the Patriarchate of Asmara & all Eritrea are daughter Churches of the Holy Apostolic Patriarchate of Alexandria. For the long-distance runner, see Addis Abebe. ...
Asmara Asmara (formerly Asmera) is the capital city and largest settlement in Eritrea, home to a population of around 579,000 people. ...
It has been suggested that Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church be merged into this article or section. ...
This country, who had both Egyptian expatriates and native adherents, is divided into to eparchies and whose prelates are:
His Grace Sarapamon (Serapis Amon), Bishop of the Holy Diocese of Atbara, Um Durman and All the North of the Sudan & Titular Bishop of the Great and Ancient Metropolis of Nubia: (Faras) of (Nobatia), (Dongola) of (Makuria) and (Soba) of (Alodia). The Atbara is a river in northeast Africa, which rises in northwest Ethiopia and flows about 805 km (500 miles) to the Sudan. ...
For other uses, see Metropolis (disambiguation). ...
Today Nubia is the region in the south of Egypt, along the Nile and in northern Sudan, but in ancient times it was an independent kingdom. ...
Faras, known in ancient times as Pachoras, was a major city in Lower Nubia in modern Egypt. ...
Nobatia was a kingdom in Christian Lower Nubia. ...
Dongola (also spelled Dunqulah or Dunqula and formerly sometimes known as Al Urdi) is the capital of the state of Northern in Sudan, on the banks of the Nile. ...
Christian Nubia in the three states period. ...
Soba is the name of the capital of Alodia. ...
Alodia is the least known of the Christian Nubian kingdoms. ...
His Grace Ilia (Elijah), Bishop of the Holy Diocese of Khartoum and All the South of the Sudan. Nickname: The Triangular City Khartoums location in Sudan Coordinates: - Governor Abdul Halim al Mutafi Population (2005) - Urban Over 1 Million For other uses, see Khartoum (disambiguation). ...
The Coptic congregations is these countries were under the ancient Eparchy of Pentapolis, which was part of the Coptic Orthodox Church for centuries until the thirteenth century [1] A Pentapolis, from the Greek words penta five and polis city(-state) is geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities. ...
In 1971 Pope Shenouda III reinstated it as part of the Eparchy of His Eminence Pachomius, Metropolitan of the Holy Metropolis of Beheira (Thmuis & Hermopolis Parva), (Buto), Mariout (Mareotis), Marsa Matruh (Paraetonium), (Apis), Patriarchal Exarch of the Ancient Metropolis of Libya: (Livis, Marmarica, Darnis & Tripolitania) & Titular Metropolitan Archbishop of the Great and Ancient Metropolis of Pentapolis: (Cyrenaica), (Appollonia), (Ptolemais), (Berenice) and (Arsinoe). HH Pope Shenouty III, 117th Pope of Alexandria and All Africa, and Patriarch of the Apostolic See of St Mark His Holiness Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, born Nazeer Gayed, has been Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church since November 14, 1971. ...
Al Buhayrah (Arabic: البØيره ) is one of the governorates of Egypt. ...
Thmuis (Greek: ; Arabic: Tell el-Timai) is a city of Lower Egypt, on the canal east of the Nile, between its Tanitic and Mendesian branches and former -now titular- episcopal see in the Roman province of Augustamnica Prima, suffragan of Pelusium. ...
Damanhur (Egyptian: DmnHur; Coptic: ; Arabic: دمنهور; literally Village of Horus) or Hermopolis Mikra (Greek: ) or Latin: Hermopolis Parva is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of al-Buhayrah (Beheira or Behera) governorate. ...
Buto Buto or Butos or Butosos (Greek: , Herod. ...
Lake Mariout (also spelled Maryut or Mariut) is a salt lake of about 250 square km in northern Egypt. ...
Lake Mariout (also spelled Maryut or Mariut) is a salt lake, or rather brackish, of about 250 square km in northern Egypt. ...
Marsa Matruh (Arabic (known in Ptolomaic and Byzantine times as Paraitonion (ΠαÏαιτόνιον)) is a seaport in Egypt. ...
Marsa Matruh Marsa Matruh (Arabic مرسى Ù…Ø·Ø±ÙˆØ [MarsÄ Maá¹rūḥ]) (known in Ptolomaic and Byzantine times as Paraitonion (ΠαÏαιτόνιον) and in Roman times as Paraetonium) is a seaport in Egypt. ...
In the Byzantine Empire, an exarch was an essentially military viceroy who governed a part of the empire at some remove from the central (oriental) authorities, the Emperor and the Patriarch of Constantinople. ...
For other uses, see Metropolis (disambiguation). ...
The Libu were a tribe of ancient Libyans first attested in ancient Egyptian texts from the New Kingdom, especially from the Ramesside Period. ...
Darnis is a metropolitan titular archbishopric in the former Roman province of Libya, in the diocese of Egypt. ...
Darnis is a metropolitan titular archbishopric in the former Roman province of Libya, in the diocese of Egypt. ...
Tripolitania is a historic region of western Libya, centered around the coastal city of Tripoli. ...
In hierarchical Christian churches, the rank of metropolitan bishop, whose incumbent is usually called simply a metropolitan, apertains to the bishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of an old Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital. ...
For other uses, see Metropolis (disambiguation). ...
A Pentapolis, from the Greek words penta five and polis city(-state) is geographic and/or institutional grouping of five cities. ...
The Roman Empire ca. ...
Apollonia in Cyrenaica (modern Libya) was founded by Greek colonists and became a significant commercial centre in the southern Mediterranean. ...
Ptolemais or Ptolemaida was one of the ancient capitals of Cyrenaica, located near the modern town of Tolmeitha (Arabic طلميثة) in Libya. ...
Colourful buildings in the city centre. ...
This was one among a chain of many restructuring of several eparchies by Pope Shenouda III, while some of them were incorporated into the jursidiction of others, especially those who were within an uncoverred region or which were part of a Metropolis that became extinct, or by dividing large eparchies into smaller more manageble eparchies. This was part of the restructuring of the Church as a whole. HH Pope Shenouty III, 117th Pope of Alexandria and All Africa, and Patriarch of the Apostolic See of St Mark His Holiness Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, born Nazeer Gayed, has been Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church since November 14, 1971. ...
Other regions of Africa Although The Coptic Orthodox Church had a bishop for Missionary Affairs in Africa in the 1950s this was not continued after the death of that bishop [2]. A world map showing the continent of Africa. ...
Currently the oldest serving Bishop in this area is His Grace Antonius Markos (Anthony Mark), General Bishop for African Affairs and Patriarchal Exarch in West and South Africa , who was consecrated in the 1976 by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III . A world map showing the continent of Africa. ...
Western Africa (UN subregion) Maghreb[1] West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. ...
HH Pope Shenouty III, 117th Pope of Alexandria and All Africa, and Patriarch of the Apostolic See of St Mark His Holiness Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, born Nazeer Gayed, has been Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church since November 14, 1971. ...
In the 1990s and as the service area had expanded, His Holiness Pope Shenouda III consecrated His Grace Boules (Pavlos) as General Bishop for Evangelism & Mission & Patriarchal Exarch in East and Central Africa. HH Pope Shenouty III, 117th Pope of Alexandria and All Africa, and Patriarch of the Apostolic See of St Mark His Holiness Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria, born Nazeer Gayed, has been Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church since November 14, 1971. ...
Eastern Africa (UN subregion) East African Community Central African Federation (defunct) geographic, including above East Africa or Eastern Africa is the easternmost region of the African continent, variably defined by geography or geopolitics. ...
Bishop Boules was originally a Deacon then a celibate Priest, he was then tonsured as a Hieromonk before he was consecreted as a Bishop. Both Bishops were Physicians before becoming full time clergymen. The Doctor by Samuel Luke Fildes This article is about the term physician, one type of doctor; for other uses of the word doctor see Doctor. ...
In addition to the above, the countries of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, Malawi, Angola, Namibia and South Africa are under the jurisdiction and the evangelization of the Throne of Alexandria. Currently there are over 30 Coptic Orthodox Churches in 10 sub-saharan countries. It is still expanding in the vast continent of Africa. ---- Alexandria (Greek: , Coptic: , Arabic: , Egyptian Arabic: Iskindireyya), (population of 3. ...
A world map showing the continent of Africa. ...
See also Jesus Christ in a Coptic icon. ...
The term Oriental Orthodoxy refers to the communion of Eastern Christian Churches that recognize only the first three ecumenical councils — the First Council of Nicaea, the First Council of Constantinople and the Council of Ephesus — and reject the dogmatic definitions of the Council of Chalcedon. ...
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...
External link - Coptic Bishopric of African Affairs website http://www.copticafrica.org/index.htm
- Orthodoxy in Africa http://orthodoxwiki.org/Orthodoxy_in_Africa
References - ^ History of the Coptic Church, by Father Menassa Youhanna
- ^ History of the Coptic Church, Iris Habib Elmasry
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