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Sister Orthodox Churches

PopeKyrillos1971PopeKyrillos1971
edited December 1969 in Faith Issues
What are the sister Orthodox Churches of the the Coptic Orthodox Church?

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  • g2here
    were there 5?

    Armenian, Ethipian, Erithrean (not sure of spelling) and not sure of the other(s) Orthodox

    are these the ones you mean?
  • coptic youthcoptic youth
    syrian, indian
  • mabsootamabsoota
    yep, it's armenian, ethiopian, syrian (not antiochian, that's an eastern orthodox church) and indian.
    the eritrean church is technically a 'daughter' church of the coptic church, so not fully separate, although they do have their own patriarch. his name is aboune antonius and he is under house arrest by the eritrean government as they are trying to take over the church.
    see here:
    http://tasbeha.org/content/community/index.php?topic=7575.0

    other daughter churches are the french and british orthodox churches. they are headed by metropolitans, not patriarchs, as they are smaller (but very cool!)

    the eastern churches are also our sister churches in the faith, and i hope we can work more closely together in the future  :)
  • meanzmeanz
    The Ethiopian Church would also be classified as a daughter church, not only eritrean.
  • PopeKyrillos1971PopeKyrillos1971
    what about the ones that we mention in the pope's litany in the liturgy? Antiochan, Eritrean, and Ethiopian? are those sister orthodox churches?
  • axum
    the ethiopian church is not a daughter church .I know this for a fact .
  • meanzmeanz
    I think it is axum because they have the same pope as the coptic orthodox......ill double check just to make sure!!
  • peterfarringtonpeterfarrington
    The Ethiopian and Eritrean Orthodox churches both have their own Patriarchs.

    Father Peter
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