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8 unusual facts about Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria


Aberoh and Atom

Their feast day is July 2 in the Coptic Church.

Abnodius

He is venerated in the Coptic Church on September 3.

Abraham, Ethnus, Acrates, James, and John

Their feast day is August 3 in the Coptic Church.

Boswellia frereana

In the West B. frereana is called "Coptic Frankincense" as this is the type and grade used by the Coptic Church of Egypt.

Faggala

It is also an important religious center for the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt.

Gregory of Cappadocia

Gregory of Cappadocia served as Patriarch of Alexandria appointed (head of the church that became the Coptic Orthodox Church and the Greek Church of Alexandria) between 339 and 346.

Hany Ramzy

Ramzy was born in Abdean region of Cairo to Christian coptic Orthodox parents.He has one sister, Miriam.

Marina of the Zabbaleen

The film is set in the Moqattam village, on the outskirts of Cairo, where Coptic Christians from rural Upper Egypt make their living as garbage collectors and recyclers.


Coptic Orthodox Church in Africa

In 1984 a Coptic cross was given as a gift by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and mounted on the top of the All Africa Conference of Churches building as the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria is considered to be the Mother church in Africa.

Iris Habib Elmasry

As a result, her work is more detailed, and of greater use to both academic and non-academic readers is valuable for any researcher in Coptic history and provides a comprehensive approach to the history of Christianity in Egypt and point of view of the Coptic Church regarding many debatable issue like Council of Chalcedon.

James of Manug

Their feast day is celebrated on August 10 in the Coptic Church, or August 11 in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.

Marina the Monk

Marina is venerated in the Catholic Church and the Coptic Orthodox Church.

Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria

He was deposed by the Council of Chalcedon in 451 but was recognized as Patriarch by the Coptic Church until his death.

St Mary and St Mercurius Coptic Orthodox Church

It was consecrated in 1992 by H. H. Pope Shenouda III in the town of Risca, South Wales, under the official name of St Mary’s and St Abu Saifain’s Coptic Orthodox Church as a parish of the Coptic Orthodox Church.

The Daughters of St. Mary

The Daughters of St. Mary (Deir Banat Maryam) is a Coptic community of nuns based in Beni Suef, Egypt.


see also

Cyril VI

Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (1902–1971), Pope and Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria