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St Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church (
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: // transliteration: ''ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos ente fi.ethowab Abra'am'') is a Coptic Orthodox parish in Woodbury, New York. It is one of over 200 Coptic Orthodox Churches in the United States.


History of the Building

St. Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church was incorporated by 20 families residing in Long Island in January 1978,Data on St. Abraam Church
(Retrieved 20-07-2008) only five years after the first Coptic Orthodox parishes in New York were founded in Ridgewood, Queens and Brooklyn, New York. For over a decade, these families used a Ukrainian church in Hicksville for accommodating weekly Liturgies. In September 1989, Pope Shenouda III blessed the endowned lands in preparation for building the church. After the church was built in 1990, in a pastoral visit by Pope Shenouda, the parish was consecrated on 12 January 1992. It was the first Coptic Orthodox Church in
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. St. Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church serves areas in and around Long Island, particularly in Nassau County, which is just east of Queens. The closest Coptic Orthodox parish is St. Mary & St. Antonios Coptic Orthodox Church, in Ridgewood, Queens. St. Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church was served by multiple priests such as Fr. Micheal Tobia of East Brunswick NJ, Fr. Marcos Ghaly of Toledo, Ohio,Short Biography of Fr. Marcos Ghaly
(Retrieved 08-04-2008) as the Coptic Orthodox clergy in North America often visit or temporarily serve churches that are still developing. However, from recent years, Fr. Girgis Tadros was made a permanent priest of the church up until now. St. Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church currently has two priests,
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Fr. Guirguis Tadros,
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Fr. Moussa Shafik, and
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Joseph Loka. There are currently about 600 Coptic families served by St. Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church. The
Coptic Orthodox Diocese of New York and New England The Coptic Orthodox Diocese of New York and New England, also referred to as the Coptic Diocese of New York, is a diocese of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. It was founded in 2013 and encompasses the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachu ...
was officially established in 2013 by
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. Bishop David was consecrated in formal ceremonies taking place in
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on November 16–17, 2013. Bishop David was formally enthroned on December 7, 2013 at St. Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church in a ceremony that brought together thousands of the Coptic faithful, clergy, and dignitaries. This church is now the seat of the bishop.


See also

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Coptic Orthodox Church The Coptic Orthodox Church ( cop, Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, translit=Ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos, lit=the Egyptian Orthodox Church; ar, الكنيسة القبطي ...
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Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria The Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria is historically based in Alexandria, Egypt. It is commonly known as the Holy See of Saint Mark, to whom the Coptic Pope claims to be the legitimate successor. Ruling powers moved away from Alexand ...
* Coptic architecture *
Coptic Cairo Coptic Cairo is a part of Old Cairo which encompasses the Babylon Fortress, the Coptic Museum, the Hanging Church, the Greek Church of St. George and many other Coptic churches and historical sites. It is believed in Christian tradition that th ...
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Coptic Orthodox Church in North America The Copts began to immigrate to the United States as early as the late 1940s. Immigration to Canada was soon to follow, and in general, this was to be the case throughout North America in the coming decades. With hundreds of Coptic Orthodox churche ...
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Coptic Orthodox Church in Canada The immigration of the Copts to Canada (Copts in Canada) might have started as early as the late 1950s. Due to an increasing amount of discrimination towards Copts in Egypt in the 1970s and low income in Egypt. Canada has been receiving a greater n ...
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Coptic Orthodox Church in the United States Copts, many of whom are adherents of the Coptic Orthodox Church, began migrating to the United States of America in the late 1940s. After 1952, the rate of Coptic immigration from Egypt to the United States increased. The first Coptic church in the ...
** List of Coptic Orthodox Churches in the United States ***
St. George Coptic Orthodox Church (Philadelphia) St George Coptic Orthodox Church (Coptic: // transliteration: ''ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos ente fi.ethowab Gewargios'') is one of the oldest Coptic Orthodox churches established in North America.
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St. George Coptic Orthodox Church (Brooklyn) St George Coptic Orthodox Church (Coptic: // transliteration: ''ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos ente fi.ethowab Gewargios'') is one of the oldest Coptic Orthodox churches in North America.
*** St. George & St. Shenouda Coptic Orthodox Church (Jersey City, New Jersey) ***
St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Jersey City, New Jersey) St Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Coptic: // transliteration: ''ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos ente fi.ethowab Markos'') is notably the first Coptic Orthodox parish and church building in North America, if not the Western Hemisphere, located ...
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St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Los Angeles) St Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (Coptic: // transliteration: ''ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos ente fi.ethowab Markos'') is a Coptic Orthodox church in Los Angeles and is one of the oldest Coptic parishes established in the United States. I ...
*** St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) ***
St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church (Los Angeles) Holy Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Church (Coptic: // transliteration: ''ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos ente ti.parthenos ethowab Maria'') is the second oldest Coptic Orthodox church that was established in Los Angeles and one of the large ...


References


External links


The official website of St. Abraam Coptic Orthodox ChurchThe Coptic Orthodox Diocese of New York & New EnglandThe Coptic Orthodox Archdiocese of North AmericaThe Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los AngelesThe Coptic Orthodox Diocese of the Southern United StatesThe Coptic Orthodox Diocese of DamiettaThe Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Port Said
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Abraam Coptic Orthodox Church Coptic Orthodox churches in New York (state) Christian organizations established in 1978 Oriental Orthodox congregations established in the 20th century Churches in Nassau County, New York 1978 establishments in New York (state)