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St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Ann Arbor, MI stnickaa.org |
The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria has many churches and congregations in the continent of Asia. As Egypt is the only Afro-Asiatic country, all of the Coptic Orthodox Eparchies in the peninsula of Sinai are in Asia
[edit] SinaiTwo Eparchies, each lead by a Bishop: [edit] El Arish and All North SinaiKosman (Cosmas), Bishop of the Holy Diocese of El Arish (Rhinocorura), El Qantarah and all North Sinai. [edit] El-Tor and all South SinaiApollo, Bishop of the Holy Diocese of El-Tor (Raithu), Sharm El Sheikh and all South Sinai. Currently, there are at least five Coptic Orthodox churches in South Sinai. [1] [edit] JerusalemAbraham, Metropolitan of the Holy and Great City of Our Lord, Jerusalem, Holy Zion, Archbishop of the Holy Archdiocese of Jerusalem, All Palestine, Philadelphia of Jordan and all the Near East. This Archdiocese has many churches in the Palestinian Authority, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Yemen and, of course, Israel. This great archdiocesan Metropolis is technically outside the Egyptian Province and was not originally counted within the jurisdiction of the Pope of Alexandria and it was created by Pope Cyril III (1235-1243) in the Thirteenth Century, which, at that time, had caused a dispute between the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch.[2]. This was a very rare incident between the two sister churches as in general their relationship is one of the strongest between any two sister churches. [3] The Coptic Orthodox Metropolitan of Jerusalem is the only Coptic Orthodox Metropolitan who is consecrated as a Metropolitan Archbishop without being consecrated a bishop first and then elevated to the Metropolitan rank later, as is the norm in all episcopal consecration according to the tradition of the Church of Alexandria. This has been the case since Cyril III consecrated Metropolitan Basilius as the first Coptic Orthodox Metropolitan of Jerusalem and All the Near East. [edit] LebanonThe Coptic Orthodox Church is one of the 18 religious sects recognized by the Lebanese Constitution. [edit] East AsiaThis wide area comes under the Diocese of Sydney, New South Wales, Queesland, Northern Territory and All East Asia whose Hierarch is His Grace Daniel, Bishop of the Holy Diocese of Sydney, New South Wales, Queensland, Northern Territory, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and All East Asia. The following is a list of churches in East Asia which under the Diocese, and also the priests that serve in each church:
[edit] PakistanA Mission church in Isalambad started in 2006 under the Diocese of Melbourne, West & South Australia, New Zealand and All Oceania whose Heirarch is His Grace Suriel, Bishop of the Holy Diocese of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Tasmania, ACT, South Australia, Western Australia, New Zealand and All Oceania. The following is a list of churches in Pakistan which are under the Diocese, and also the priests that serve in each church:
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