{"slug": "coptic-orthodox-church", "label": "Coptic Orthodox Church", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_Orthodox_Church", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q198998", "qid": "Q198998", "description": "international Oriental Orthodox Christian church led by the Patriarch of Alexandria on the Holy See of St. Mark", "entries": 22, "years": 20, "span": [42, 1948], "span_label": ["42 CE", "1948 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 13}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 9}], "also_known_as": ["Coptic Orthodox", "Coptic Orthodox Christian", "Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria", "Coptic Orthodoxy"], "related": [{"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "alexandria", "label": "Alexandria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "pope-of-the-coptic-orthodox-church", "label": "Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mark-the-evangelist", "label": "Mark the Evangelist", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "patriarch-of-alexandria", "label": 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the Evangelist becomes the first Pope of Alexandria, thus establishing the Christian Church in Africa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373289291#AD_43", "title": "40s", "revid": 1373289291, "section": "Timeline › AD 43"}}, {"year": 232, "year_label": "232 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 22", "text": "October 22 – Demetrius I, patriarch of Alexandria (b. 127)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371191236#Deaths", "title": "232", "revid": 1371191236, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 460, "year_label": "460 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Coptic Orthodox Church (Egypt) splits from the Chalcedonian Orthodox Church of Alexandria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360598361#Religion", "title": "460", "revid": 1360598361, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 538, "year_label": "538 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "As a 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He will be succeeded by Pope John IX", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353685641#April_–_June", "title": "1320", "revid": 1353685641, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1320, "year_label": "1320 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 29", "text": "May 29 – John VIII, Egyptian pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353685641#Deaths", "title": "1320", "revid": 1353685641, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1320, "year_label": "1320 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "September 28", "text": "September 28 – Pope John IX of Alexandria is elected as the new spiritual leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, succeeding Pope John VIII.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353685641#July_–_September", "title": "1320", "revid": 1353685641, "section": "Events › July – September"}}, {"year": 1321, "year_label": "1321 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "May 8", "text": "May 8 – In Egypt's Mamluk Sultanate, a campaign by Muslims starts against the Christian settlements of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Over 60 churches and monasteries are burned.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1355655788#April_–_June", "title": "1321", "revid": 1355655788, "section": "Events › April – June"}}, {"year": 1441, "year_label": "1441 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "August 26", "text": "August 26 – Bishop Alberto da Sarteano, who had been sent by the Vatican on a mission to seek the Ethiopian Coptic Christian Church to join with the Roman Catholic Church, returns to Rome with four Ethiopians who had been allowed to leave by the Emperor Zara Yaqob. Two of the visitors the attend the Council of Florence to discuss the possible union of Coptic Orthodoxy and the Latin Church, marking the earliest recorded contact of the Ethiopian Coptic Church with Europe.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361382363#July–September", "title": "1441", "revid": 1361382363, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1442, "year_label": "1442 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 4", "text": "February 4 – As part of his campaign to reunite the Christian churches of the world, Pope Eugene IV promulgates the Bull of Union with the Copts (officially, Cantate Domino), an attempted union with the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360560025#January–March", "title": "1442", "revid": 1360560025, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1603, "year_label": "1603 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 14", "text": "May 14 – Pope Gabriel VIII of Alexandria, leader of the Coptic Christian Church, dies after a reign of almost 16 years. He is succeeded by Pope Mark V.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366656830#April–June", "title": "1603", "revid": 1366656830, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1727, "year_label": "1727 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 12", "text": "January 12 – Abd el-Sayed of Egypt is enthroned, as Pope John XVII of Alexandria becomes the leader of the Coptic Christian Church, as the 105th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St. Mark. He will serve until his death on April 20, 1745.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360176234#January–March", "title": "1727", "revid": 1360176234, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1803, "year_label": "1803 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19 – Master Malati, a Coptic Christian leader, is beheaded by a Muslim mob in Cairo, Egypt.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373209562#April–June", "title": "1803", "revid": 1373209562, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1948, "year_label": "1948 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "July 13", "text": "July 13 – The Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Churches reach an agreement, leading to the promotion of the Ethiopian church to the rank of an autocephalous Patriarchate. Five bishops are immediately consecrated by the Patriarch of Alexandria and the successor to Abuna Qerellos IV is granted the power to consecrate new bishops, who are empowered to elect a new Patriarch for their church.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371784888#July", "title": "1948", "revid": 1371784888, "section": "Events › July"}}]}