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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.
In 1964, as the number of Copts grew in the United States, the first Coptic lay organization in the United States, the Coptic American Association (CAA) was founded. The organization managed to amass 200 members, from throughout the States, by the end of 1964. [4]
Holy Resurrection American Coptic Orthodox Church, Los Angeles; Holy Transfiguration Coptic Orthodox Church, Chino; Holy Virgin Mary & St. Bishoy Coptic Orthodox Church, Los Angeles; St. Abanoub & St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Church, Norco; St. Anthony Coptic Orthodox Monastery, Newberry Springs; St. Basil American Coptic Orthodox Church, San Diego
With hundreds of Coptic Orthodox churches in the United States alone (along with over 90 congregations in Canada), [1] it is estimated that there are over one million Coptic Orthodox Christians in North America. [2] While the Coptic Orthodox form a larger number in the US, the first Coptic Orthodox parish in North America was actually founded ...
Coptic Orthodox Church of Archangel Michael and St. Mena in Staten Island. Historically, Oriental Orthodoxy was introduced to North America during the 19th century, mainly through emigration of Christians from the Middle East, Caucasus, North Africa and India.
Coptic bishops sent the president-elect congratulations after his victory and cited their “shared social and family values.” Some Assyrian Christians — another faith group with Middle Eastern roots — similarly bonded with Trump, whose mispronunciation of “Assyrian” at a rally created a viral video moment and drew attention to their ...
The biggest Coptic community abroad, that of the United States, included up to 1,000,000 persons in the late 2010s according to Coptic advocacy groups, but only 300,000 according to the Coptic Orthodox Church in the United States itself, and even less—roughly between 100,000 and 200,000—according to the scarce statistical evidence supplied ...
American people of Coptic descent (22 P) C. Coptic Orthodox Church in the United States (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Coptic diaspora in the United States"