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  2. History of the Eastern Orthodox Church - Wikipedia

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    The Maronite Church and the Syro-Malabar Church are Eastern Catholic churches that never broke communion with the Church of Rome. Within the Antiochian church the Eastern Catholic movement started after the Ottoman Turks' conquest of Antioch in the early 15th century, under whose control it remained until the breakup of the Ottoman Empire at ...

  3. Peter I of Alexandria - Wikipedia

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    Peter was born and raised in Alexandria. The Coptic Orthodox Church believes that Peter was given by his parents to Theonas to be brought up as a priest, similarly to the story of Samuel in the Old Testament. He rose through the ranks of holy orders, first becoming a reader, then a deacon, then a priest. Highly educated, Peter became head of ...

  4. Church of Alexandria - Wikipedia

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    The Coptic Orthodox Church, an Oriental Orthodox church; The Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria, part of the wider Eastern Orthodox Church; The Coptic Catholic Church, one of 23 Eastern Catholic churches who are in full communion with the Catholic Church led by the bishop of Rome; Formerly the Latin Patriarchate of Alexandria also did so.

  5. Egypt in the Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    In 969, Egypt came under the control of the Fatimids. This dynasty would begin to fade after the death of their last ruler in 1171. In 1174, Egypt came under the rule of the Ayyubids, who ruled from Damascus and not from Cairo. This dynasty fought against the Crusader States during the Fifth Crusade.

  6. Coptic Orthodox Church - Wikipedia

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    The Coptic Orthodox Church was established by Mark, an apostle and evangelist, during the middle of the 1st century (c. AD 42). [12] Due to disputes concerning the nature of Christ , the Oriental Orthodox Churches and the Eastern Orthodox Church were in schism after the Council of Chalcedon in AD 451, resulting in a conflict with the Greek ...

  7. History of Eastern Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Christianity has been, historically, a Middle Eastern religion with its origin in Judaism. Eastern Christianity refers collectively to the Christian traditions and churches which developed in the Middle East, Egypt, Asia Minor, the Far East, Balkans, Eastern Europe, Northeastern Africa and southern India over several centuries of religious antiquity.

  8. Melitians - Wikipedia

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    Peter's successor as patriarch, Achillas, failed in his short pontificate to resolve the growing crisis. [9] His successor, Alexander I, who came to power in 313, sought to heal the schism in the Egyptian church in order to better combat Arianism, since he regarded the Melitians' Christology as sound. [7]

  9. Coptic Cairo - Wikipedia

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    Coptic Cairo is a part of Old Cairo which encompasses the Babylon Fortress, the Coptic Museum, the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George and many other Coptic churches and historical sites. It is believed in Christian tradition that the Holy Family visited this area and stayed at the site of Saints Sergius and Bacchus Church (Abu Serga ...