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Bookmark or Share- Coptic identity - WikipediaCopts. Copts have a long history as a significant Christian minority in Egypt, in which Muslim adherents form the majority. Coptic Christians lost their majority status in Egypt after the 14th century and the spread of Islam in the entirety of North Africa. The question of Coptic identity was never raised before the rise of pan-Arabism under ...
- What Does the Coptic Church Believe? - Learn ReligionsAlso Known As: Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria; Coptic Church; Copts; Egyptian Church. Known For: Ancient Oriental Eastern Orthodox Church originating in Alexandria, Egypt. Founding: The church traces its roots to the evangelist Mark (John Mark). Region: Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Middle East.
- Copts in Egypt - WikipediaSome Copts participated in the Egyptian national movement for independence and occupied many influential positions. Two significant cultural achievements include the founding of the Coptic Museum in 1910 and the Higher Institute of Coptic Studies in 1954.
- Copts - WikipediaCopts (Coptic: ⲛⲓⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ, romanized: niremənkhēmi; Arabic: الْقِبْط, romanized: al-qibṭ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group indigenous to North Africa who have primarily inhabited the area of modern Egypt since antiquity.
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria - BritannicaCoptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Oriental Orthodox church and principal Christian church in predominantly Muslim Egypt. The people of Egypt before the Arab conquest in the 7th century identified themselves and their language in Greek as Aigyptios (Arabic qibṭ, Westernized as Copt).
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