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WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMS WITH LOVE FROM EBAUMSThe '''Church of Alexandria''' is one of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] [[Orthodox Church]]es. Its [[primate]] is the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, the successor to the [[Apostle Mark|Apostle Mark the Evangelist]], who founded the Church of Alexandria in the 1st century. It is one of the five ancient [[patriarchate]]s of the early [[Church]], called the ''[[Pentarchy]]''. {{church|name= Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa[[Image:Alexandria logo.gif|center|The Church of Alexandria]]|founder= [[Apostle Mark]]|independence=Traditional |recognition= Traditional |primate=[[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Pope Theodoros II]]|hq=Alexandria, Egypt|territory=Egypt and Africa|possessions= ?|language=Greek, Swahili, English, local languages|music=[[Byzantine Chant]]|calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]|population=250,000|website=[http://www.greekorthodox-alexandria.org/ Church of Alexandria]}} == History ==When [[Alexander the Great]] conquered Egypt about 332-331 BC he established the city of Alexandria, named after him, from which his Greek-speaking successors, the Ptolemy dynasty, ruled Egypt. Alexandria also had many Greek-speaking Jewish inhabitants, and it was here that the Old Testament scriptures were translated into Greek, the [[Septuagint]] version. During the first century BC the city, and Egypt generally passed under Roman rule. St Mark, a disciple of [[Apostle Peter|St Peter]] evangelised Egypt in the middle of the first century. He probably arrived about AD 40, and met a martyr's death around AD 63. Little is known of the early history of the Church in Alexandria and Egypt, beyond a bare list of names of bishops. By the end of the second century, however, the church had begun to spread among the indigenous population, and the Scriptures and Liturgical texts were being translated into local languages. Since the [[schism]] occurring as a result of the political and [[Christology|Christological]] controversies at the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council|Council of Chalcedon]] (451 A.D.), the portion of the Church of Alexandria loyal to Chalcedonian [[Christology]] has liturgically been Greek-speaking, the majority of its native (i.e., Coptic) population and their modern descendents becoming a part of the '''[[Church of Alexandria (Coptic)|Coptic Orthodox Church]]''' (i.e., [[Oriental Orthodox|non-Chalcedonian]]). == The Church today ==In recent years, a considerable missionary effort was enacted by Pope [[Petros VII (Papapetrou) of Alexandria|Petros VII]]. During his seven years as patriarch (1997-2004), he worked tirelessly to spread the Orthodox Christian [[faith]] in Arab nations and throughout Africa, raising up native [[clergy]] and encouraging the use of local languages in the liturgical life of the Church. Missions spread and thrived in Kenya, Uganda, [[Madagascar]], [[Cameroon]], and elsewhere across the African continent.  Particularly sensitive to the nature of Christian expansion into [[Islam|Muslim]] countries, His Beatitude worked to promote mutual understanding and respect between Orthodox Christians and Muslims. His efforts were ended as the result of a helicopter crash on [[September 11]], 2004, in the Aegean Sea near Greece, killing him and several other clergy, including Bishop [[Nektarios (Kellis) of Madagascar|Nektarios of Madagascar]], another bishop with a profound missionary vision. Today, some 300,000 Orthodox Christians comprise the Patriarchate of Alexandria, the highest number since the [[Roman Empire]]. The current primate of the Church of Alexandria is His Beatitude [[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros II]], Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa. ==The Episcopacy=====The Holy Synod===*His Beatitude [[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros II]], Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa*His Eminence [[Paul (Lyngris) of Memphis|Paul (Lyngris)]], Elder Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Memphis|Memphis]]*His Eminence [[Dionysios (Hatzivasiliou) of Leontopolis|Dionysios (Hatzivasiliou)]], Elder Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Leontopolis|Leontopolis]]*His Eminence [[Petros (Giakoumelos) of Aksum|Petros (Giakoumelos)]], Elder Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Aksum|Aksum]]*His Eminence [[Makarios (Tillyrides) of Kenya|Makarios (Tillyrides)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Kenya|Kenya]]*His Eminence [[Jonah (Lwanga) of Kampala|Jonah (Lwanga)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Kampala and All Uganda|Kampala and All Uganda]]*His Eminence [[Damaskinos (Papandreou) of Johannesburg and Pretoria|Damaskinos (Papandreou)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Johannesburg and Pretoria|Johannesburg and Pretoria]]*His Eminence [[Alexandros (Gianniris) of Nigeria|Alexander (Gianniris)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Nigeria|Nigeria]]*His Eminence [[Theophylaktos (Tzoumerkas) of Tripoli|Theophylaktos (Tzoumerkas)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Tripolis|Tripolis]]*His Eminence [[Sergios of the Cape of Good Hope|Sergios (Kykkotis)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of the Cape of Good Hope|the Cape of Good Hope]]*His Eminence [[Alexios (Leontaritis) of Carthage|Alexios]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Carthage|Carthage]]*His Eminence [[Ieronymos (Muzeeyi) of Mwanza|Ieronymos (Muzeeyi)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Mwanza|Mwanza]]*His Eminence [[Kallinikos (Pippas) of Pilousion|Kallinikos (Pippas)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Pilousion|Pilousion]]*His Eminence [[Proterios (Pavlopoulos) of Ptolemais|Proterios (Pavlopoulos)]], Metropolitan of [[Metropolis of Ptolemais|Ptolemais]]*His Eminence [[Seraphim (Kykkotis) of Zimbabwe|Seraphim (Kykkotis)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe]]*His Eminence [[Nicholas of Ermoupolis|Nicholas]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Ermoupolis|Ermoupolis]]*His Eminence [[Dimitrios (Zaharengas) of Irinopolis|Dimitrios (Zaharengas)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Irinopolis|Irinopolis]]*His Eminence [[Nikiforos (Mikragiannanitis) of Central Africa|Nikiforos (Mikragiannanitis)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Central Africa|Central Africa]]*His Eminence [[Emmanuel (Kiagias) of Khartoum|Emmanuel (Kiagias)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Khartoum and All Sudan|Khartoum and Sudan]], Exarch of All Sudan*His Eminence [[Gregory (Stergiou) of Cameroon|Gregory (Stergiou)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Cameroon|Cameroon]], Exarch of Central Africa*His Eminence [[George (Vladimirou) of Accra|George (Vladimirou)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Accra|Accra]]*His Eminence [[Ioakeim (Kontobas) of Zambia|Ioakeim (Kontobas)]], Archbishop of [[Diocese of Zambia|Zambia]] ===Diocesan Bishops===*His Grace [[Savvas (Heimonettos) of Burundi and Rwanda|Savvas (Heimonettos)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Burundi and Rwanda|Burundi]]*His Grace [[Ignatios (Sennis) of Madagascar|Ignatios (Sennis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Madagascar|Madagascar]]*His Grace [[Meletios (Kamiloudes) of Katanga|Meletios (Kamiloudes)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Katanga|Katanga]]*His Grace [[Theodoros (Dimitriou) of Mozambique|Theodoros (Dimitriou)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Mozambique|Mozambique]]*His Grace [[Gennadios of Botswana]], Bishop of Botswana ===Auxiliary Bishops===*His Grace Athanasios of Cyrene*His Grace Gabriel of Mareotis*His Grace Spyridon of Kanopou*His Grace Nikodemos of Nitria*His Grace Niphon of Babylon ===Titular Archbishops===*His Excellency Theoklitos of Helioupolis*His Excellency Philemon of Karvasos*His Excellency Ioakeim of Tamiathus*His Excellency Porfyrios of Thivais*His Excellency Kyrillos of Nafkratis  ===Retired Bishops===*His Eminence [[Panteleimon (Lampadarios) of Antinoe|Panteleimon of Antinoe]] ==Holy Archdioceses and Bishoprics== {| border="1" !Archdiocese||Established||See||Jurisdiction |- |[[Archdiocese of Memphis]]||??||Heliopolis, Cairo - '''Egypt'''|| |- |[[Archdiocese of Leontopolis]]||??||Ismailia - '''Egypt'''||''Ismailia, Suez, Zagzik'' |- |[[Archdiocese of Pilousion]]||??||Port Said - '''Egypt'''||''Port Said, Mansoura, Damiette, Kantara'' |- |[[Metropolis of Ptolemais|Archdiocese of Ptolemais]]||??||Minia - '''Egypt'''||''Upper Egypt, Luxor, Aswan, Minia, Fayum, Asiut, Beni Suef'' |- |[[Archdiocese of Ermoupolis]]||??||Tanta – '''Egypt'''|| |- |[[Archdiocese of Tripolis]]||1866,<br>1959,<br>2004||Tripoli - Libya||''''[[Libya]]'''' |- |[[Archdiocese of Carthage]]||1931||Tunis - Tunisia||'''[[Tunisia]], Algeria, Mauritania, [[Morocco]]''' |- |[[Archdiocese of Cyrene]]||2009||||''Marsa Matrouh in Egypt'' |- |[[Archdiocese of Khartoum and All Sudan|Archdiocese of Khartoum]]||??||Khartoum - Sudan||'''Sudan''' |- |[[Archdiocese of Aksum]]||??||Addis-Abeba - Ethiopia||'''Ethiopia, [[Eritrea]], [[Djibouti]], Somalia''' |- |[[Archdiocese of Kenya]]||??||Nairobi - Kenya||'''Kenya''' |- |[[Archdiocese of Kampala and All Uganda]]||1959||Kampala - [[Uganda]]||'''Uganda''' |- |[[Archdiocese of Accra]]||1997,<br>2009||Accra - [[Ghana]]||'''Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, [[Sierra Leone]], Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Gambia''' |- |[[Archdiocese of Nigeria]]||1997,<br>2004||Lagos - Nigeria||'''Nigeria, Niger, Benin, Togo''' |- |[[Archdiocese of Cameroon]]||??||Yaounde - Cameroon||'''Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea''', Islands of '''St Thomas''' and '''Principe''' |- |[[Archdiocese of Central Africa]]||??||Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of Congo||'''Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazaville (Republic of the Congo)''' |- |[[Diocese of Katanga]]||2006,<br>2009||Lubumbasi - Congo||''Katanga Province in the Congo'' |- |[[Diocese of Burundi and Rwanda]]||2009||Bujumbura in Burundi||'''Burundi, Rwanda''', ''a great area of the Eastern Congo'' |- |[[Archdiocese of Mwanza]]||??||Bukoba - Tanzania||'''Tanzania''' |- |[[Archdiocese of Irinoupolis]]||1959||Dar-es-Salaam - Tanzania||'''Tanzania, Seychelle Islands''' |- |[[Archdiocese of Zambia]]||2001,<br>2009||Lusaka - Zambia||'''Zambia, Malawi''' |- |[[Archdiocese of Zimbabwe]]||??||Harare - Zimbabwe||'''Zimbabwe, [[Angola]], Malawi, Botswana''' |- |[[Archdiocese of Johannesburg and Pretoria]]||1927||Johannesburg - South Africa||''(The areas from East Africa, the Equator down to the Cape of Good Hope)'' |- |[[Archdiocese of the Cape of Good Hope]]||1968||Cape Town - South Africa||'''Namibia, Swaziland, Lesotho''', and the following areas of the Cape (West and East): ''Port Elizabeth, East London, Bloemfontein, Welkom, George, Knysna, Kimberley, Pietermaritzburg, all Natal'' |- |[[Diocese of Mozambique]]||2006||Maputo - Mozambique||'''Mozambique''' |- |[[Diocese of Madagascar]]||1997||Antananarivo - Madagascar||'''Madagascar''', Islands of '''Mauritius, Reunion, Comores, Maillot'''|-|[[Diocese of Brazzaville and Gabon]]||2010||Brazzaville||Congo, Brazzaville, Gabon |} == See also ==*[[Orthodoxy in Africa]]*[[List of Patriarchs of Alexandria]] ==External links==*[http://www.greekorthodox-alexandria.org/ The Patriarchate of Alexandria] (Official site)*[http://www.greece.org/gopatalex/SA/ Archbishopric of Johannesburg and Pretoria]*[http://www.greekorthodox-alexandria.org/History/list_patr.htm List of Patriarchs]*[http://www.greekorthodox-alexandria.org/History/hist_patr.htm History of the Patriarchate]*[http://www.metropolisofcameroon.org/ The Metropolis of Cameroon Website] (Official site) ==Sources==*[http://www.patriarchateofalexandria.com/index.php?module=content&cid=004001 Patriarchate of Alexandria website - Archdioceses]*[http://www.patriarchateofalexandria.com/index.php?module=content&cid=004002 Patriarchate of Alexandria website - Dioceses]*[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-us.aspx?eccpageID=14&IndexView=toc Eastern Christian Churches: Patriarchate of Alexandria] by Ronald Roberson, a Roman Catholic priest and scholar {{churches}} [[Category:Orthodoxy in Africa|Alexandria]][[Category:Jurisdictions|Alexandria]] [[ar:بطريركية الإسكندرية للروم الأرثوذكس]][[bg:Александрийска патриаршия]][[es:Iglesia Ortodoxa de Alejandría]][[fr:Église d'Alexandrie]][[ro:Biserica Ortodoxă a Alexandriei]]
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