• The History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria is a major historical work of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. It is written in Arabic, but draws...
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  • The Patriarch of Alexandria (also known as the Bishop of Alexandria or Pope of Alexandria) is the highest-ranking bishop of Egypt. The Patriarchs trace...
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    The Patriarch of Alexandria is the archbishop of Alexandria, Egypt. Historically, this office has included the designation "pope" (etymologically "Father"...
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  • Orthodox Church of Alexandria (part of the wider Eastern Orthodox Church). For the list of patriarchs until 536 see List of patriarchs of Alexandria. Gainas (536)...
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  • bearer of Christ. For the Patriarchs of Alexandria prior to the schism after the Council of Chalcedon, see List of Patriarchs of Alexandria. For the patriarchs...
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    Renaudot in his 1713 translation of the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria—are skeptical of these stories, given the range of time that had passed before...
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    Patriarch of Alexandria Eastern Catholic Churches Patriarchs of the east Council of Catholic Patriarchs of the East List of all Coptic Patriarchs of Alexandria...
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  • ordained Abuna Yohannes as the head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, according to the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria; however, civil war, drought...
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    Patriarch of Alexandria , is the leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, with ancient Christian roots in Egypt. The primacy of the Patriarch of Alexandria is rooted...
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    The history of Alexandria dates back to the city's founding, by Alexander the Great, in 331 BC. Yet, before that, there were some big port cities just...
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  • III of Alexandria was the 58th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark from 920 to 932. According to the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria...
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  • renowned fathers of the Church, especially the histories of Athanasius and Cyril, who were patriarchs of Alexandria at the ecumenical councils of Nicaea and...
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  • and trusted of the eastern patriarchs. The Antiochene church was a centre of Christian learning, second only to Alexandria. In contrast to the Hellenistic-influenced...
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  • resulting in Kunbar's excommunication. According to the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria, the Emperor of Ethiopia wrote to John in 1152 for a new abuna...
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    the traditional initial author of the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria. One of the stories in it relates how Bishop Severus was asked by the Muslim...
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    is the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa. He was previously a monk in the Agarathos Holy Monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin...
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  • The patriarchs of the Church of the East traditionally also carry the title of catholicos. The Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East...
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  • biography of Michael III comes from the writings of Michael of Damrū (Mīkhāʾil al-Damrāwī), bishop of Tinnis, in History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria. During...
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  • the church. According to the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria by John the Deacon, some Melitians were reconciled to the Coptic Patriarchate of...
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    laws of Emperor Justinian I (r.  527–565) of the Roman Empire. In this model, the Christian Church is governed by the heads (patriarchs) of the five major...
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  • Pope Julian (Yulianus) of Alexandria was the 11th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria. He had advanced studies in the Bible. Considered a good leader, Julian...
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  • This is a list of the Maronite patriarchs of Antioch and all the East, the primate of the Maronite Church, one of the Eastern Catholic Churches. Starting...
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    onward, Alexandria would have two patriarchs: the non-Chalcedonian native Egyptian one, now known as the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa...
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    Titular Patriarch of Jerusalem The following is a list of Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchs of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem. Those Patriarchs who were...
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    (Hermopolis). "History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic church of Alexandria, Part 2, Chap. 6: Peter I, the seventeenth patriarch (300-311)". Patrologia Orientalis...
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  • (also spelled Gaian or Gainas) was the Patriarch of Alexandria for three months in 535. Following the death of Patriarch Timothy IV on 7 February 535, there...
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  • Patriarch Peter II of Alexandria (Greek: Πέτρος Β΄ Αλεξανδρείας; died 27 February 381) was the 21st Patriarch of Alexandria from AD 373 to AD 381. He...
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    separate patriarchs. For patriarchs of Jerusalem of the unified Church prior to the Schism, see Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem. Arnulf of Chocques...
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    Scholars on the Muslim Conquest, 2007 accessed 5 February 2008) from [2][permanent dead link] “The History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria” (The Internet...
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  • Avilius of Alexandria (also known as Abilius, Sabellius, Abylius, Abitius, Milius and Melyos) (? – 95 AD), was the 3rd Patriarch of Alexandria. Upon the death...
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