The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (Coptic: eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos ente alexandrias, literally: the Egyptian Orthodox Church of Alexandria) is the official name for the largest Christian   more...church in Egypt. The Church belongs to the Oriental Orthodox family of churches, which has been a distinct church body since the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD, when it took a different position over Christological theology from that of the Eastern Orthodox and Western churches, then still in union. The precise differences in theology that caused the split are still disputed, highly technical and mainly concerned with the Nature of Christ. The foundational roots of the Church are based in Egypt but it has a worldwide following.

According to tradition the Coptic Orthodox Church is the Church of Alexandria which was established by Saint Mark the apostle and evangelist in the middle of the 1st century (approximately 42 AD). The head of the church and the See of Alexandria is the Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy See of Saint Mark, currently His Holiness Pope Shenouda III. More than 95% of Egypt's Christians belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, though other churches also claim Patriarchates and Patriarchs of Alexandria; among them:

The Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria
The Coptic Catholic Church of Alexandria
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Actually, I'm not sure if there's any evidence that the Indo-Europeans savaged anyone; I might have just made that up in my excitement. They certainly did absorb, to some degree,   more...and completely culturally conquer the natives of Europe all those thousands of years ago.

And yes, the Egyptians spoke... Coptic. It's still the language of the Coptic church. (more)  less

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