Orthodoxe church copte
The orthodoxe Église copte is an Eastern orthodoxe Church autocéphale. It belongs to the whole of the Églises of the three councils (or orthodoxe Eastern). The chief of the Church carries the title of Pape of Alexandria and Patriarche of the Preaching of Marc Saint and all Africa , with residence with the Cairo (titular current: Its Holiness Abba Chenouda III since the November 14th 1971).
The title of Patriarche of Alexandria is currently carried also by two other chiefs of Church. This Church professes the Miaphysisme, an alternative of the Monophysisme, in contradiction with the Concile of Chalcédoine.
Name
The orthodoxe Church copte is also known under other names:
- Church copte of orthodoxe Alexandria
- Church copte
- orthodoxe Church of Egypt
- Egyptian orthodoxe Church
History
See also: Church of Alexandria
The orthodoxe Church copte is one of the heiresses of the antique Église of Alexandria which is one of the first Christian Churches. According to the tradition, it would have been rested by the apostle and evangelist Marc.
Organization
Patriarchal seat
The chief of the Church always carries the title of Patriarche of Alexandria even if the patriarchal seat were moved on several occasions:
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initially in various monasteries of the desert, in order to escape Byzantine repression
- in Alexandria, starting from 626, after the conquest arabo-Moslem woman
- in various monasteries of the delta of the Nile, between the beginning of the 9th century and the end of the 11th century
- with the Cairo since the patriarchate of Cyrille II (1078 - 1092)
Territorial organization
The Church copte orthodoxe account (at the end of 2006) 11 metropolises and 51 dioceses.
Egypt
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Archdiocese of Alexandria (seat to the Cairo)
- Metropolis of Assiout
- Metropolis of Gizeh and Atfieh
- Metropolis of Beheira, Mariout, Mersa Matrouh and of the Libya
- Metropolis of Damiette, Kafr El Sheikh and Belquas
- Metropolis of Aswan
- Metropolis of Balyanna, Berdis and Awlad Tokh
- Metropolis of El Menia At Abou Qurquas
- Metropolis of Girga
- Diocese of Louxor, Esna and Arming
- Diocese with Menoufia
- Diocese of Samalot and Taha El Aaameda
- Diocese of El Sharqueya
- Diocese of Port-Saïd
- Diocese of Suez
- Diocese of Zagazig and Mina El Qamh
- Diocèse of Nag Hammadi and Abou Tesht
- Diocèse of Tanta
- Diocèse of Shoubra El Kheima
- Diocèse of Tahta and Ghehena
- Diocèse of Tema
- Diocèse of Akhmim and Saqualta
- Diocèse of Abou Tig, Sedfa and Ghanayem
- Diocèse of El Fayoum
- Diocèse of Malawy, Anssanna and El Ashmounin
- Diocèse of Abnoub and El Fatt' H
- Diocèse of Sohag, Mansha' has and Maragha
- Diocèse of Dairut and Sanabou
- Diocese of Manfalot
- Diocese of Helwan and Maasara
- Diocese of Deir Mouwas and Delgua
- Diocese of El Quousseya and Meir
- Diocese of El Mahala El Kobra
- Diocese of Quena and Qift
- Diocese of Nekada and Qous
- Diocese of Dishna
- Diocese of Hurghada and the Red Sea
- Diocese of Benha and Quouwaysena
- Diocese of Blessed Suef and Bahnasa
- Diocese of Matay
- Diocese of Beba, Samasta and El Fashn
- Diocese of Ismaïlia
- Diocese of El Tor, Charm el-Cheikh and of all the South the Sinai
- Diocese of Blessed Mazar
- Diocese of Maghagha and 'Edwa
- Diocese of El-Arich, Tawfik Port, El Quantara and of all North the Sinai
- Diocese of Mansourah
- Diocese of Shebin El Quanater, Toukh and El Khanka
the Middle East
- Archdiocese of Jerusalem, the Gulf and the Middle East
Africa
- Diocese of Khartoum and of the South of Sudan
- patriarchal Exarchat of Western and southern Africa (Johannesburg)
- patriarchal Exarchat of Eastern and central Africa (Nairobi)
America
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Archdiocese of North America
- Diocese of the South of the the United States
- Diocese of Los Angeles
- Diocese of Sao Paulo and all the Brazil
- Diocese of Santa Cruz and all the Bolivia
Europe
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Metropolis of Toulon and all France
- Metropolis of Glastonbury (Great Britain)
- Diocese of Ireland, Scotland and the North-East of the England
- Diocese of Birmingham and all the the Midlands (major part of England, Wales)
- Diocese of Turin, Rome and the Italy of the South
- Diocese of Milan and of Italy of North
- Diocese of Hoexter-Brenkenhausen, Kroeffelbach and of all the Germany
- Diocese of Vienna and of all the Austria
Oceania
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Diocese of Sydney (left the Australia, Thailand, Japan, Singapore, HongKong)
- Diocese of Melbourne (left Australia, New Zealand, Fiji)
Relations with the other Churches
See too
Internal bonds
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List of the primacies of the orthodoxe Church copte
- Church of orthodoxe Alexandria
- Church of Alexandria
- Catholic church copte
- evangelic Church copte
- Copte
- Monastery Saint-Anthony
- Monastery Saint-Bishoy
- Saint-Macaire Monastery of Scété
- Monastery of the Syrians
- Monastery Saint-Mercury
- Monastery of Baouit
- late Antiquity
External bonds
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Official site of the Patriarch
- Évêché of the African businesses
- Missions coptes in sub-Saharan Africa
- Church copte in Africa
- Saint-Takla Church of Alexandria
- Church El Kedeseen in Alexandria
- Archdiocese of North America, Diocese of the south of the USA, Los Angeles
- Diocese of Sydney, Melbourne
- Diocese of the Midlands, of Ireland, of Scotland and the N.E of England
- Diocese of Turin and Rome
- nonofficial Site of the orthodoxe Church copte in France
- Orthodoxe Copte Church co. Marie & St Marc - Châtenay Malabry (France)
- Coptipedia: The cultural heritage of the Orthodoxe Copte Church
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