The Coptic Orthodox Church, also known as the Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria, is an Oriental Orthodox Christian church based in Egypt. The head of the church and the See of Alexandria is ...
According to legend, it was St. Mark who introduced Christianity to Egypt, and it was here that Africa's first Christian church – the Coptic Church of Egypt – thrived. To learn more about ...
In Orthodoxy, the memory of Saint Sylvester is honored on January 15. Popov G.V. Andrey Rublev. М.: Severniy palomnik, 2007 The Orthodox venerate him as a defender of the faith. It was Saint Leo ...
This goes back to the split between the Eastern church and the church in the West, a split between Eastern Orthodoxy and Roman Catholicism. If you go back even before that to the early church, you ...
"The Russian Orthodox Church has re-branded itself as the repository of Russian patriotism," said John Garrard, Professor of Russian Studies, University of Arizona, and former fellow, Woodrow Wilson ...