His Holiness John was the CopticPope of Alexandria from 496 to 505. The term Oriental Orthodoxy refers to the churches of Eastern Christian traditions that keep the faith of only the first three ecumenical councils of the undivided Church - the First Council of Nicaea, the First Council of Constantinople and the Council of Ephesus - and rejected the dogmatic definitions of the Council... The Patriarch of Alexandria is the bishop of Alexandria, Egypt. ...
Jump to: navigation, search His Holiness Athanasius II was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria from 489 to 496. ... Jump to: navigation, search The following list contains all the Popes who have held sway over the Coptic Orthodox Church since the Council of Chalcedon. ... Events Battle of Tolbiac; Clovis I defeats the Alamanni accepts Catholic baptism at Reims. ... Events Births Belisarius, Byzantine general (+ 565) Deaths Categories: 505 ... Jump to: navigation, search His Holiness John II was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria from 505 to 516. ...
Pope is derived from the Greek word pappas, "father", and was originally used in an affectionate sense of any priest or bishop (in the exact same way that modern priests are addressed as "Father").
Theoretically, the Pope's death is officially determined by the Cardinal Chamberlain by gently tapping the late Pope's head thrice with a golden hammer and calling his name (it is not clear when this ceremony ceased to be observed, as it does not appear to have been practised in the twentieth century at all).
The Pope is usually a member of the College of Cardinals, but theoretically any male Catholic (including a layman) may be elected; Pope Urban VI was the last Pope who was not already a cardinal at the time of his election.
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