5 Christian denominations on Egyptian territory

In 2013, the Council of Churches of Egypt was formed, five Egyptian churches, representing the different denominations (the Coptic Orthodox Church, the Evangelical Church, the Episcopal Church, the Greek Orthodox Church and the Coptic Catholic Church) are all members of the Council, which elects its Secretary-General every two years, alternating between the different Churches.

The Christian denominations in Egypt are divided into five main sects, with a smaller number of denominations.

The Coptic Orthodox community is the largest Christian denomination. It was founded by St. Mark, one of the seventy apostles. It is therefore called the “Maronite Church”.

The word “Orthodox” is derived from the Greek language meaning “right”, “right” or “right” and the second part of the word “doxa” which means “opinion” or “belief”.

It is related to the word “dokin” meaning “thinking” and its liturgical languages are Arabic and Coptic.

The church is currently headed by Pope Twadros II, the 118th Patriarch in the history of the ancient popes of the Church and whose spiritual powers extend to the Christians of Sudan, Ethiopia and North Africa.

Greek Orthodox

The Greek Orthodox Church, called the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, is a small church, followed by some 12 million in all of Africa. It is headed by Pope Theodoros II and its liturgical languages are Arabic and Greek.

The Patriarchate is in Egypt for 2000 years, and the definition of the Greek Orthodox Church is essentially an expression of an ethnic affiliation, not a national or an ethnic affiliation. It is not belonging to any particular country or people, as some believe.

The Patriarch of Alexandria is the only one among all the Greek Orthodox Patriarchs The title of Pope.

Coptic Catholic Church

In 1219, St. Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscan Order, came to Egypt, and during the siege of Damietta he was able to cross into the camp of the Sultan Al Kamel Ayubi outside the city of Faraskur.

The Sultan met him in his eminence and interest and ordered his safe return to the Crusader camp.

After this interview, the full authority authorized the Franciscan monks to reside in Egypt and they are now the second largest in Egypt in the number of followers. At present, His Holiness Pope Ibrahim Isaac is the Patriarch of the Catholic Patriarchate.

Evangelical Church in Egypt

The true beginning of the existence of the Anglican doctrine in Egypt in 1818 came with the arrival of Juliet Jouet, who met with some Coptic Orthodox monks and priests. In 1825, this association sent five German correspondents: Samuel Goebbeth, G. Wilder, Theodore Muller, William Crades and Christian Kugler. Some successes.

The number of evangelical doctrines in Egypt 17 doctrines and the largest of these doctrines is the doctrine of Evangelical Presbyterian Church and presided by the community Dr. Pastor André Zaki.

Episcopal Church

The Episcopal Church began its service in Egypt in 1800 AD when he gave to Egypt, Muhammad Ali Pasha, a piece of land for the church in Manshiyeh Square in Alexandria to be a church of the community.

This church is called St. Mark’s Cathedral, there are 20 episcopal churches in all governorates of Egypt and 25 institutions for community service.

Bishop Mounir Hanna is the bishop of the Episcopal Church in Egypt, Ethiopia and North Africa, the chief bishop of Jerusalem and the Middle East.

He was recently elected to head the Middle East and South of the globe.

Armenian Catholics

Armenian Catholics in Egypt date back to 1734 when 40 families migrated from Armenia to Cairo.

They built a small church in 1737. Since 1753, the Catholic Patriarchs of Lebanon assumed the spiritual care of the Armenians in Egypt and appointed their first Patriarchal Vicar in 1820.

In 1926, In Egypt currently about 1600 people and the current Bishop in Egypt, Krikor Augustine, Bishop of Alexandria for the Armenian Catholic.

The Armenians had many contributions to Egyptian life. They were integrated into almost every sphere of life before the July 1952 revolution, and many Armenian artists appeared, among them the famous cartoonist, two rockets and the artists of Lalba named Armenian Nunya Kublian and Mimi Gamal, whose original name was Mary Nizar Julian and Little Fairuz. Artin Kalvayan »and the singer Anushka.

Syriac Catholics

Since 1850, there has been a Syriac Catholic community in Egypt, including immigrants from Iraq and Syria, and a Syriac church in Cairo with a school, a clinic and a charity. The Syriac community had its own monasteries and churches, including the Monastery of the Virgin Mary in Wadi Al-Natroun, Syriac Catholic Church, known as St. Elijah of Mosaic.

Roman Catholics

The Roman Catholics in Egypt, Sudan and Libya are no more than nine thousand. Since 1837, the Roman Catholic Patriarch has been an agent in Egypt with the rank of bishop who runs the affairs of the Church in Egypt and Sudan. The current Patriarch is Gregorius III Laham, Patriarch of Antioch and the rest of the East.

The Roman Catholic community consisted mainly of immigrants from Palestine, Syria and Lebanon who followed the Latin churches established by the Franciscan Fathers.

Chaldean Catholics

In the second half of the 19th century, Chaldean families migrated from various Middle Eastern countries to settle in Egypt.

In 1890, the Chaldean population in Egypt had at least 150 families comprising 600 people, whose roots were in Iraq, Turkey and Iran. In 1891, An Iraqi is Helena Abdel-Masih with a piece of land in the neighborhood of Fajgala, to build a church for the children of the community in the name of St. Anthony the Great.

In 1950, the number of Chaldean Catholics in Egypt reached 1200. A new church was built in the name of the Virgin in St. Fatima Square in Heliopolis. The Patriarchal Vicariate moved from the Fajala area to Heliopolis.

Maronites

In 1906, the Maronite Patriarchate was established in Egypt. In 1946, the Vatican approved the establishment of a Maronite diocese in Egypt whose mandate extends to Sudan.

The number of Maronites in Egypt is estimated at 5 Thousands of people and the current patriarch is the Lebanese Mar Bishara Boutros Al-Ra’i.

The Maronites established many of their churches in Shubra, Darb El Geneina, Old and New Egypt and the Olive in Cairo as well as Mansoura, Damietta, Port Said and Tanta.

Latins

In 1839, the Apostolic Vicariate of the Latins was established in Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula. The Apostolic Deputies from 1839 to 1921 were acting as the Apostolic Vicar and the Apostolic Delegate at the same time to Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula until Archbishop Egidio Semperi was appointed Apostolic Vicar in 1978 and appointed by Pope Paul VI as Apostolic Deputies According to semi-official statistics, the number of followers of the Apostolic Vicariate in Egypt is about 22,000, including monks and nuns.