Copts

E6843

Christian community ethnoreligious group

The Copts are an ethnoreligious group indigenous to Egypt and the broader Middle East, primarily adherents of the Coptic Orthodox Church and considered the largest Christian community in the Arab world.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Coptic Christians	12
Copts canonical	5
Coptic Orthodox Christians	3
Egyptian Christians	3
Egyptian Copts	3
Coptic Egyptians	1
Coptic people	1
Copts in Egypt	1
the Copt	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian community ⓘ ethnoreligious group ⓘ
ancestralPopulation	ancient Egyptians ⓘ
associatedChurchFamily	Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches
calendar	Coptic calendar ⓘ
christologicalTradition	Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox
culturalSymbol	Christian cross ⓘ surface form: Coptic cross Coptic iconography ⓘ Coptic language ⓘ
ethnicity	Coptic ⓘ
etymologyFrom	Greek word Aigyptios ⓘ
historicalLanguage	Egyptian language ⓘ
indigenousTo	Egypt ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
languageTradition	Coptic language ⓘ
largestChristianCommunityIn	Arab world ⓘ Egypt ⓘ
liturgicalLanguage	Arabic ⓘ Coptic language ⓘ
majorChurch	Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
majorFeast	Coptic Christmas ⓘ Easter ⓘ surface form: Coptic Easter
majorityCountry	Egypt ⓘ
patriarchate	Orthodox Church of Alexandria ⓘ surface form: See of Saint Mark
persecutionHistory	periodic discrimination in Egypt ⓘ
primaryDenomination	Coptic Catholic Church ⓘ Coptic Evangelical Church ⓘ Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
script	Coptic script ⓘ
scriptOrigin	Demotic Egyptian signs ⓘ Greek alphabet ⓘ
selfDesignation	Copts self-link ⓘ
significantPopulationIn	Australia ⓘ Brazil ⓘ Canada ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ Libya ⓘ Sudan ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
spiritualLeaderTitle	Patriarch of the See of Saint Mark ⓘ Pope of Alexandria ⓘ
traditionalProfession	administration ⓘ banking ⓘ crafts ⓘ trade ⓘ
traditionalRegion	Lower Egypt ⓘ surface form: Nile Delta Nile Valley ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arab world → hasEthnicGroup → Copts ⓘ

Copts → selfDesignation → Copts self-link ⓘ

Byzantine Egypt → hasEthnicGroup → Copts ⓘ

Fatimid Caliphate → religiousMinorities → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic Christians

Manuscript Found in Accra → hasCentralFigure → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: the Copt

Coptic Orthodox Church → hasEthnicAssociation → Copts ⓘ

Islamization of North Africa → significantGroup → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Copts in Egypt

Coptic language → primaryCommunity → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic Christians

Coptic Christmas → celebratedBy → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic Christians

Coptic Christmas → celebratedBy → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Copts

Scetes → pilgrimageSiteFor → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic Orthodox Christians

Liturgy of Saint Cyril (Liturgy of Saint Mark) → usedByCommunity → Copts ⓘ

subject surface form: Liturgy of Saint Cyril

this entity surface form: Coptic Christians

Middle East and North Africa → hasEthnicGroup → Copts ⓘ

Coptic script → usedBy → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Christians

Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem → religiousCommunity → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic Orthodox Christians

Egyptian diaspora in North America → ethnicComposition → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic Egyptians

historic Cairo → containsReligiousCommunity → Copts ⓘ

subject surface form: Historic Cairo

this entity surface form: Coptic Christians

Sohag Governorate → hasReligiousMinority → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic Orthodox Christians

Fustat → hadCommunity → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic Christians

1919 Egyptian Revolution → participant → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Copts

Heliopolis → hasReligiousCommunity → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic Christians

Islamic State – Sinai Province → targets → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic Christians

Koiak → usedBy → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic Christians

Nayrouz → observedBy → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic Christians

Akhmimic Coptic → usedBy → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Christians

Fayyumic Coptic → usedBy → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic Christians

Sahidic Coptic → usedBy → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Christians

Coptic Orthodox diaspora worldwide → hasEthnicOrigin → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Copts

Coptic cross → associatedWith → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic people

Coptic cross → wornBy → Copts ⓘ

this entity surface form: Coptic Christians