His Holiness Peter III was the CopticPope of Alexandria from 477 to 489. 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 Timothy II was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria from 457 to 477. ... 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 Huneric becomes king of Vandals Aelle king of the South Saxons, arrives in England, with his three sons, near Cymenshore. ... Events Theoderic, king of the Italy with the approval of the eastern emperor Zeno. ... Jump to: navigation, search His Holiness Athanasius II was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria from 489 to 496. ...
His Beatitude Peter (Petros) VII (September 3, 1949 – September 11, 2004) was the Eastern Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa from 1997 to 2004.
Before his election, Peter had served as a deacon and a priest, and was consecrated as a bishop in 1983.
Peter VII died along with 16 others (including three other bishops of the Church of Alexandria: Metropolitan Chrysostomos of Carthage, Metropolitan Irenaios of Pelusium, and Bishop Nectarios of Madagascar) when the helicopter carrying them crashed into the Aegean Sea while en route to the monastic enclave of Mount Athos in Greece.
Peter was one of the three Apostles (with James and John) who were with Christ on certain special occasions the raising of the daughter of Jairus from the dead (Mark 5:37; Luke 8:51); the Transfiguration of Christ (Matthew 17:1; Mark 9:1; Luke 9:28), the Agony in the Garden of Gethsemani (Matthew 26:37; Mark 14:33).
Peter returned occasionally to the original Christian Church of Jerusalem, the guidance of which was entrusted to St. James, the relative of Jesus, after the departure of the Prince of the Apostles (A.D. The last mention of St. Peter in the Acts (xv, 1-29; cf.
Peter's residence and death in Rome are established beyond contention as historical facts by a series of distinct testimonies extending from the end of the first to the end of the second centuries, and issuing from several lands.
Feeds |
Contact