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Coptic Orthodox Church

international Oriental Orthodox Christian church led by the Patriarch of Alexandria on the Holy See of St. Mark

22 dated entries naming Coptic Orthodox Church, drawn from 20 separate years between 42 CE and 1948 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Coptic Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox Christian, Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodoxy in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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1st century

  • 42Traditional date of foundation of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria by the apostle Mark the Evangelist.source
  • 43In Coptic Orthodox Christianity, Mark the Evangelist becomes the first Pope of Alexandria, thus establishing the Christian Church in Africa.source

3rd century

  • 232October 22 – Demetrius I, patriarch of Alexandria (b. 127)source

5th century

  • 460The Coptic Orthodox Church (Egypt) splits from the Chalcedonian Orthodox Church of Alexandria.source

6th century

  • 538As a result of persecutions by the Byzantine Empire, Monophysite Christians establish the Coptic Church in Alexandria (approximate date).source

7th century

  • 605Damian, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandriasource
  • 680Agatho, pope of the Coptic Orthodox Churchsource

8th century

  • 719The Church of Nubia transfers its allegiance, from the Eastern Orthodox Church to the Coptic Church (approximate date).source

10th century

  • 910Gabriel I becomes Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church in Alexandria (Egypt).source

11th century

  • 1077Pope Christodolos ends his reign as leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria (modern Egypt).source

12th century

  • 1145April 5 – Gabriel II, patriarch of Alexandriasource

13th century

  • 1208February 18 – Mark Ibn Kunbar, Egyptian Coptic priestsource

14th century

  • 1320May 29 – Pope John VIII of Alexandria, leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, dies in Egypt after a reign of 20 years. He will be succeeded by Pope John IXsource
  • 1320May 29 – John VIII, Egyptian pope of the Coptic Orthodox Churchsource
  • 1320September 28 – Pope John IX of Alexandria is elected as the new spiritual leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, succeeding Pope John VIII.source
  • 1321May 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.source

15th century

  • 1441August 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.source
  • 1442February 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.source

17th century

  • 1603May 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.source

18th century

  • 1727January 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.source

19th century

  • 1803May 19 – Master Malati, a Coptic Christian leader, is beheaded by a Muslim mob in Cairo, Egypt.source

20th century

  • 1948July 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.source

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