Demetrius I, 12th Bishop and Patriarch of Alexandria. Sextus Julius Africanus, who visited Alexandria in the Bishoprice of Demetrius, places his accession as eleventh bishop from Mark in the tenth yea
Bishop Demetrius
Christianity in Egypt
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Christianity is the second largest religion in Egypt. The vast majority of Egyptian Christians are Copts. As of 2019, Copts in Egypt make up approximately 10 percent of the nation's population, with a
Saint Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Alexandria
A Coptic icon of Saint Mark, the traditional founder of the Coptic Orthodox Church and first Pope of Alexandria
An icon of Saint Clement of Alexandria, who taught at the Catechetical School of Alexandria
A Coptic icon of the Forty-Nine Martyrs of Scetis at the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great in Wadi El Natrun, who were massacred by Berbers during a raid in 444