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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]
St. Philopateer Coptic Orthodox Church, Mount Juliet; St. Abba Sarapamone Coptic Orthodox Church, 1517 Madison St, Clarksville, TN; St Karas 1207 SE Broad St Murfreesboro, TN 37130; St. John the Beloved 851 Baker Rd, Smyrna, TN 37167; St. Barbara Coptic Orthodox Church - Franklin, TN; St. Verena Coptic Orthodox Church 5240 Edmondson Pike ...
The first, and only, Coptic Orthodox church in Mexico is St. Mary and St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church in Tlaycapan, Mexico, founded in 2001. Of the Coptic Orthodox parishes in the United States, there are currently over 200 churches that serve the expanding Coptic Orthodox population there.
A 2013 estimate by the U.S. Department of State placed the entire population of non-Muslim Libyans at 180,000 (roughly 3% of the country's population). However, the Coptic Orthodox Church in Libya estimated that its membership alone was 300,000, including those who do not regularly attend church services. [98]
The Coptic pope presides from Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in the Abbassia District in Cairo. The church follows the Coptic Rite for its liturgy, prayer and devotional patrimony. Adherents of the Coptic Orthodox Church make up Egypt's largest and most significant minority population, and the largest population of Christians in the ...
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 U.S. House of Representatives currently has five Arab-American members. The first Assyrian American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives was Adam Benjamin in 1977, [4] and the first Persian-American U.S. representative was Stephanie Bice in 2021. [5] The first Coptic-American U.S. senator was George Helmy in 2024. [6]