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Copts, many of whom are adherents of the Coptic Orthodox Church, began migrating to the United States of America in the late 1940s. After 1952, the rate of Coptic immigration from Egypt to the United States increased. The first Coptic church in the United States, St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church, was established in the late 1960s in Jersey City.
St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church of Bellaire, Texas. The immigration of Copts to the United States started as early as the late 1940s. After 1952, the rate of Coptic immigration from Egypt to the United States increased because of persisting persecution and discrimination against Christians in a Muslim majority nation, political turmoils and revolutions.
Outside of the Coptic primary area of residence within parts of present-day Egypt (Copts in Egypt), Sudan (Copts in Sudan), and Libya (Copts in Libya), the largest Coptic diaspora population is located within the United States, Canada, and Australia.
Map showing the distribution of Coptic Orthodox parishes in the United States. The following is a partial list of Coptic Orthodox churches in the United States; the count stands at more than 250 churches and communities. [1]
The Copts began to immigrate to the United States as early as the late 1940s. Immigration to Canada was soon to follow, and in general, this was to be the case throughout North America in the coming decades.
The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United States was established in 1993 by Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria in response to the growing number of Coptic Orthodox Churches abroad, especially concentrated in the South. It was the first Coptic Orthodox Diocese to be established in the United States. [1]
The Coptic diaspora began primarily in the 1950s as result of discrimination, persecution of Copts and low income in Egypt. [22] [21] [26] [27] After Gamal Abdel Nasser rose to power, economic and social conditions deteriorated and many wealthier Egyptians, especially Copts, emigrated to Europe and the United States.
The Copts suffered in ethnic, political and material ways, [7] [8] [9] and realized they needed to strengthen their positions in these regards. [10] For example, many Copts sought refuge in the United States, which in turn weakened the position of the Copts who stayed in Egypt.