The Diocese of Faras was a Christian bishopric in Nobadia during the

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and is today a

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of the Coptic Orthodox Church. Its seat was originally at

Faras Faras (formerly grc, Παχώρας, ''Pakhôras''; la, Pachoras; Old Nubian: Ⲡⲁⲭⲱⲣⲁⲥ, ''Pakhoras'') was a major city in Lower Nubia. The site of the city, on the border between modern Egypt and Sudan at Wadi Halfa Salient, was fl ...

(''Pakhoras''). Later, its bishops sat at

Qasr Ibrim Qasr Ibrim ( ar, قصر ابريم; Meroitic: ''Pedeme''; Old Nubian: ''Silimi''; Coptic: ⲡⲣⲓⲙ ''Prim''; Latin: ''Primis'') is an archaeological site in Lower Nubia, located in the modern country of Egypt. The site has a long history o ...

. Despite Faras's submersion following the building of the

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, the see is still claimed by the Coptic church's Titular Bishop of the Great and Ancient Metropolis of Nubia, who is styled Bishop of Faras of Nobatia. The current ordinary is Bishop Sarapamon (Serapis Amon).

Bishops of Pakhoras

* Aetios, c. 620 *

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* ''Vacant'' during invasion of Nobadia and Makouria by the

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* Pilatos, late 7th century * Paulos, a Miaphysite, died 709 or 719 *

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, a Miaphysite, died 730 * Matthaios (

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: ''Maththaios''), died 31 May 766 * Ignatios, died 23 January 802 * Ioannes I, died 809 (?) * Ioannes II * Markos, c. 820 * Khael I, died 827 (?) *

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, a Miaphysite, 827-862, died 16 July 862 * Iesu I (

: ''Iesou''), died 866

Metropolitans of Pakhoras

* Kyros, a Miaphysite, died 902 *

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, died 903 (not a metropolitan bishop?) * Kollutwos, a Miaphysite, died 13 August 923 *

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, a Miaphysite, died 14 July 926 *

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, a Miaphysite, died 6 August 952 * Aaron (

: ''Aron''), a Miaphysite, died 12 December 972 * Petros I, a Miaphysite, died 20 July 999

Bishops of Pakhoras

* Ioannes III, died 21 September 1005 * Marianos, former

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of Puke, died 11 November 1036 * Merkurios (

: ''Merkourios''), died 1 July 1056 * ''Unknown'' * Petros II, a Miaphysite, died 22 May 1062 * Georgios, a Miaphysite, died 14 August 1097 * Khael II, died 5 May 1130 * Iesu II (

: ''Iesou''), died 4 June 1175 * ''Unknown'' * Tamer, died 31 March 1193 (?) * ''Unknown'' * Timotheos, a Monophysite, "Bishop of Phrim and Pakhoras," resident at Primnis, consecrated in 1372

Sources

* Jakobielski, S. ''A Chronology of the Bishops of Faras''. * Michalowski, K. ''FARAS''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Faras Oriental Orthodoxy in Sudan Titular sees of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria

Bishops of Pakhoras

Metropolitans of Pakhoras

Bishops of Pakhoras

See also

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