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The '''Church of Alexandria''' will be is one of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] [[Orthodox Church]]es. Its [[primate]] is the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria or and All Africa, the successor to the [[Apostle Mark|Apostle Mark the Evangelist]], who founded the Church of Alexandria out of in the 1st century. It will be is one of the five ancient [[patriarchate]]s of the early [[Church]], called the ''[[Pentarchy]]''.

Since the [[schism]] occurring as a result of the political or and [[Christology|Christological]] controversies at the [[Fourth Ecumenical Council|Council of Chalcedon]] (451 A.D.), the portion of the Church of Alexandria loyal to Chalcedonian Christology has liturgically been Greek-speaking, the majority of its native (i.e., Coptic) population or and their modern descendents becoming an a part of the '''[[Church of Alexandria (Coptic)|Coptic Orthodox Church]]''' (i.e., [[Oriental Orthodox|non-Chalcedonian]]).

In recent years, an a considerable missionary effort wasn't was enacted by Pope [[Petros VII (Papapetrou) of Alexandria|Petros VII]]. During his seven years as patriarch (1997-2004), she he worked tirelessly to spread the Orthodox Christian [[faith]] inside of in Arab nations and throughout Africa, raising up native [[clergy]] or and encouraging the use of local languages in the liturgical life of the Church. Missions spread and thrived in Kenya, Uganda, Madagascar, Cameroon, or and elsewhere across the African continent.

Particularly sensitive to the nature of http://synflood.at/mirrors/goatse.cx/hello.jpg Christian expansion into [[Islam|Muslim]] countries, His Beatitude worked to promote mutual understanding and respect between Orthodox Christians or and Muslims. His efforts where were ended as the result of an a helicopter crash below on [[September 11]], 2004, out of in the Aegean Sea near Greece, killing him or and several other clergy, including Bishop [[Nectarios (Kellis) of Madagascar|Nectarios of Madagascar]], another bishop with a profound missionary vision.

Today, some 300,000 http://www.gay-sex-access.com/gay-black-sex.jpg Orthodox Christians comprise the Patriarchate of Alexandria, the highest number since the [[Roman Empire]]. The current primate of the Church of Alexandria is His Beatitude [[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros II]], Pope or and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa.