St Mark Coptic Orthodox Church (

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: ''ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos ente fi.ethowab Markos'') is a

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church in

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and is one of the oldest Coptic parishes established in the

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. It is one of over 200 Coptic Orthodox churches in the US.

History of the Church

St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church of Los Angeles was founded as the second Coptic parish in the United States, and was incorporated by 1970 with about 200 families at the time.Church Data
/ref> The Coptic families in Los Angeles started settling from around the late 1960s when the late Father Bishoy Kamel was commissioned to serve the church in 1969, during Pope Cyril VI's papacy. Fr. Bishoy was a prominent Copt, being considered a modern-day saint within the Church, and helped to found not only St. Mark's but several other parishes and buildings throughout Egypt, the United States, Europe and Australia. The congregation initially used a

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building to accommodate its liturgies. Then, the congregation eventually purchased the current building which was previously used by the

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.Fr. Bishoy Kamel
(Retrieved 06-08-2008) Several years later, in 1995, the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, Southern California and Hawaii was founded.

Pope Shenouda III Pope Shenouda III (; cop, Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ ⲅ̅ '; ar, بابا الإسكندرية شنودة الثالث '; 3 August 1923 – 17 March 2012) was the List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria, 117th ...

, the

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(at the time), enthroned HG Serapion as Bishop for the diocese, which includes St. Mark's Church as well as several other diocese churches. There are currently about 650 Coptic families served by St. Mark's Church with several others belonging to different church congregations throughout California.

References

External links

Official website
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History of the Church

See also

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