Orthodox Church of Alexandria

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Christian denomination Eastern Orthodox Church autocephalous church patriarchate religious organization

The Orthodox Church of Alexandria is one of the ancient patriarchates of Eastern Orthodoxy, centered in Egypt and traditionally tracing its origins to the apostolic ministry of Saint Mark in Alexandria.

Aliases (9)

Patriarchate of Alexandria ×7
Church of Alexandria ×4
Alexandrian Patriarchate ×2
Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria ×2
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria ×1
Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa ×1
See of Saint Mark ×1
See of Saint Mark (Alexandria) ×1
ancient Church of Alexandria ×1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian denomination → Eastern Orthodox Church → autocephalous church → patriarchate → religious organization →
alsoKnownAs	Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria → Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa →
christology	Chalcedonian →
claimsApostolicSuccessionFrom	Saint Mark the Evangelist →
clericalCelibacyDiscipline	married parish clergy and celibate bishops →
communionWith	Albanian Orthodox Church → Bulgarian Orthodox Church → Church of Cyprus → Church of Greece → Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople → Georgian Orthodox Church → Orthodox Church of Antioch → Orthodox Church of Jerusalem → Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia → Polish Orthodox Church → Romanian Orthodox Church → Russian Orthodox Church → Serbian Orthodox Church →
country	Egypt →
dateOfOrigin	1st century →
denominationalFamily	Eastern Orthodox Church →
distinguishedFrom	Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria →
ecclesiasticalRank	patriarchate →
foundedBy	Saint Mark the Evangelist →
foundedIn	Alexandria →
governedBy	Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa →
hasApostolicSee	Alexandria →
hasCathedral	Cathedral of the Annunciation in Alexandria →
headquartersLocation	Alexandria →
jurisdiction	Africa →
languageGroup	Greek Orthodox →
leaderTitle	Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa →
liturgicalLanguage	Arabic → Koine Greek → local African languages →
partOf	Eastern Orthodox communion →
patronSaint	Saint Mark the Evangelist →
primaryRegion	Africa → Egypt →
recognizesCouncil	Council of Chalcedon → First Council of Nicaea →
religion	Eastern Orthodoxy →
scopeOfMission	pan-African →
seeAlso	Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople → Orthodox Church of Antioch → Orthodox Church of Jerusalem → Russian Orthodox Church →
territorialJurisdiction	All Africa →
theology	Eastern Orthodox theology →
tradition	Byzantine Rite →
traditionallyFoundedBy	Saint Mark the Evangelist →
usesCalendar	Julian calendar (liturgical) →

Referenced by (21)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Catechetical School of Alexandria ("Church of Alexandria") → Catechetical School of Alexandria ("Patriarchate of Alexandria") →	affiliation
Orthodox Church of Alexandria ("Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria") → Orthodox Church of Alexandria ("Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa") →	alsoKnownAs
Coptic Rite ("See of Saint Mark (Alexandria)") →	associatedPatriarchate
Anaphora of Saint Cyril (Coptic form) ("Patriarchate of Alexandria") →	associatedSee
Council of Ephesus ("Patriarchate of Alexandria") →	associatedWith
Liturgy of Saint Cyril ("Greek Orthodox Church of Alexandria") →	associatedWithChurch
Alexander of Alexandria ("Church of Alexandria") →	church
Second Council of Ephesus ("Church of Alexandria") →	denomination
Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark ("Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria") →	distinctFrom
Alexander of Alexandria ("Alexandrian Patriarchate") →	ecclesiasticalJurisdiction
Liturgy of Saint Cyril ("Alexandrian Patriarchate") →	geographicalContext
Byzantine Egypt ("Patriarchate of Alexandria") →	hasCenter
Alexandrian Rite ("Patriarchate of Alexandria") →	hasHistoricalCenter
Eastern Orthodox Christianity →	hasMajorChurch
Patriarchate of Constantinople ("Patriarchate of Alexandria") →	inCommunionWith
Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church (Crete 2016) ("Church of Alexandria") →	participatingBody
Copts ("See of Saint Mark") →	patriarchate
Coptic Catholic Church ("ancient Church of Alexandria") →	preservesTraditionsOf
Tomos of autocephaly for the Orthodox Church of Ukraine ("Patriarchate of Alexandria") →	recognizedBy