Coptic Orthodox Church
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The Coptic Orthodox Church, also known as the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church based in Egypt. The head of the Coptic Orthodox Church and of the See
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Cairo, Egypt
Coptic Icon in the Coptic Altar of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
St. Mark Coptic Cathedral in Alexandria
Makurian wall painting depicting a Nubian bishop and Virgin Mary (11th century)
Copts
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Copts are a Christian ethnoreligious group native to Egypt who have inhabited the area of modern Egypt since antiquity. They, like the broader Egyptian population, are descended from the ancient Egypt
Coptic Orthodox Church
…ruled by its Islamic conquerors from Arabia. In the 12th century, the church relocated its seat from Alexandria to Cairo. The same century also saw the Copts become a religious minority. During the 14th and 15th centuries, Nubian Christianity was supplanted by Islam. In the 19th and 20th centuries, the larger…
Faiyum mummy portrait of an Egyptian man with sword belt, Altes Museum
Coptic icon of St. Mark
The Hanging Church in Coptic Cairo
Egyptian Coptic monks at the American Colony, Jerusalem, between 1898 and 1914