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name= Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa[[Image:Alexandria logo.gif|center|The Church of Alexandria]]|
founder= [[Apostle Mark]]|
independence=Traditional |
primate=[[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Pope Theodoros II]]|
hq=Alexandria, Egypt|
territory=Egypt and Africa|possessions= ?none|language=Greek, SwahiliArab, French, English, local languages|
music=[[Byzantine Chant]]|
calendar=[[Revised Julian Calendar|Revised Julian]]|
population=250,000|
website=[http://www.greekorthodox-alexandriapatriarchateofalexandria.orgcom/ index.php?lang=en Church of Alexandria]
}}
The '''Church of Alexandria''' is one of the [[autocephaly|autocephalous]] [[Orthodox Church]]es. Its [[primate]] is the Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, the successor to the [[Apostle Mark|Apostle Mark the Evangelist]], who founded the Church of Alexandria in the 1st century. It is one of the five ancient [[patriarchate]]s of the early [[Church]], called the ''[[Pentarchy]]''.
== History ==
When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt about 332-331 BC he established the city of Alexandria, named after him, from which his Greek-speaking successors, the Ptolemy dynasty, ruled Egypt. Alexandria also had many Greek-speaking Jewish inhabitants, and it was here that the Old Testament scriptures were translated into Greek, the [[Septuagint]] version. During the first century BC the city, and Egypt generally passed under Roman rule.
St Mark, a disciple of [[Apostle Peter|St Peter]] evangelised Egypt in the middle of the first century. He probably arrived about AD 40, and met a martyr's death around AD 63. Little is known of the early history of the Church in Alexandria and Egypt, beyond a bare list of names of bishops. By the end of the second century, however, the church had begun to spread among the indigenous population, and the Scriptures and Liturgical texts were being translated into local languages.
Since the [[schism]] occurring as a result of the political 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 and their modern descendents becoming a part of the '''[[Church of Alexandria (Coptic)|Coptic Orthodox Church]]''' (i.e., [[Oriental Orthodox|non-Chalcedonian]]).
== The Church today ==
In recent years, a considerable missionary effort was enacted by Pope [[Petros VII (Papapetrou) of Alexandria|Petros VII]]. During his seven years as patriarch (1997-2004), he worked tirelessly to spread the Orthodox Christian [[faith]] Faith in Arab nations and throughout Africa, raising up native [[clergy]] and encouraging the use of local languages in the liturgical life of the Church. Missions spread and thrived in Kenya, Uganda, [[Madagascar]], [[Cameroon]], and elsewhere across the African continent.
Particularly sensitive to the nature of Christian expansion into [[Islam|Muslim]] countries, His Beatitude worked to promote mutual understanding and respect between Orthodox Christians and Muslims. His efforts were ended as the result of a helicopter crash on [[September 11]], 2004, in the Aegean Sea near Greece, killing him and several other clergy, including Bishop [[Nektarios (Kellis) of Madagascar|Nektarios of Madagascar]], another bishop with a profound missionary vision.
==The Episcopacy==
===The Holy Synod===
*His Beatitude [[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros II]], Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and all All Africa*His Eminence [[Paul Makarios (LyngrisTillyrides) of MemphisNairobi|Paul Makarios (LyngrisTillyrides)]], Elder Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of MemphisNairobi|MemphisNairobi and Kenya]]*His Eminence [[Dionysios Seraphim (HatzivasiliouKykkotis) of LeontopolisZimbabwe|Dionysios Seraphim (HatzivasiliouKykkotis)]], Elder Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of LeontopolisZimbabwe|LeontopolisZimbabwe-Angola and Southern Africa]]*His Eminence [[Petros Alexandros (GiakoumelosGianniris) of AksumNigeria|Petros Alexandros (GiakoumelosGianniris)]], Elder Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of AksumNigeria|AksumNigeria and the Gulf of Guinea]]*His Eminence [[Makarios Theophylaktos (TillyridesTzoumerkas) of KenyaTripoli|Makarios Theophylaktos (TillyridesTzoumerkas)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of KenyaTripoli|KenyaTripoli and Lybia]]*His Eminence [[Jonah Sergios (LwangaKykkotis) of Kampalathe Cape of Good Hope|Jonah Sergios (LwangaKykkotis)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Kampala the Cape of Good Hope|Good Hope and All UgandaNatal and Dependencies]]*His Eminence [[Ieronymos (Muzeeyi) of Mwanza|Ieronymos (Muzeeyi)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Mwanza|Kampala Mwanza and All UgandaWestern Tanzania]]*His Eminence [[Seraphim George (IakovouVladimirou) of JohannesburgGuinea|Seraphim George (IakovouVladimirou)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Johannesburg Guinea|Guinea and Pretoriathe African Coast]]*His Eminence [[Nicholas II (Antoniou) of Hermopolis|Nicholas II (Antoniou)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Hermopolis|Johannesburg Hermopolis and PretoriaEgypt Primum]]*His Eminence [[Alexandros Dimitrios (GiannirisZaharengas) of NigeriaIrinoupolis|Alexander Dimitrios (GiannirisZaharengas)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of NigeriaIrinoupolis|NigeriaIrinoupolis and Eastern Tanzania and Seychelles]]*His Eminence [[Theophylaktos Damaskinos (TzoumerkasPapandreou) of TripoliJohannesburg|Theophylaktos Damaskinos (TzoumerkasPapandreou)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of TripolisJohannesburg|TripolisJohannesburg-Pretoria and All South Africa]]*His Eminence Sergios[[Ignatios (Sennis) of Antananarivo|Ignatios (Sennis)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of the Cape Antananarivo|Antananarivo-Northern Madagascar and Indian Islands]]*His Eminence [[Emmanuel (Kiagias) of Good HopePtolemais|the Cape Emmanuel (Kiagias)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Good HopePtolemais|Ptolemais and Upper Egypt]]*His Eminence [[Alexios Gregory (LeontaritisStergiou) of CarthageCameroon|AlexiosGregory (Stergiou)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of CarthageCameroon|CarthageCameroon and Central Africa]]*His Eminence Ieronymos[[Gabriel (Raftopoulos) of Leontopolis|Gabriel (Raftopoulos)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of MwanzaLeontopolis|MwanzaLeontopolis and Augustamnica Secunda and the Red Sea]]*His Eminence [[Kallinikos Nikodemos II (PippasPriangelos) of PilousionMemphis|Kallinikos Nikodemos II (PippasPriangelos)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of PilousionMemphis|PilousionMemphis and Egypt]]*His Eminence [[Proterios Meletios (PavlopoulosKamiloudes) of PtolemaisKatanga|Proterios Meletios (PavlopoulosKamiloudes)]], Metropolitan of [[Metropolis Archdiocese of PtolemaisKatanga|PtolemaisKatanga and Mainland Africa]]*His Eminence [[George Gennadios (VladimirouStantzios) of ZimbabweBotswana|George Gennadios (VladimirouStantzios)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of ZimbabweBotswana|ZimbabweBotswana and the Kalahari]]*His Eminence [[Nicholas Savvas (Heimonetos) of ErmoupolisNubia|NicholasSavvas (Heimonetos)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of ErmoupolisNubia|ErmoupolisNubia and All Sudan and Eritrea]]*His Eminence [[Dimitrios Ioannis (ZaharengasTsaftaridis) of IrinopolisZambia|Dimitrios Ioannis (ZaharengasTsaftaridis)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of IrinopolisZambia|IrinopolisZambia and Middle Africa]]*His Eminence [[Ignatios Panteleimon (MadenlidesArathymos) of Central AfricaBrazzaville|Ignatios Panteleimon (MadenlidesArathymos)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Central AfricaBrazzaville|Central Brazzaville-Gabon and Atlantic Africa]]*His Eminence [[Emmanuel Innocent (KiagiasByakatonda) of KhartoumBurundi|Emmanuel Innocent (KiagiasByakatonda)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Khartoum Burundi|Burundi-Rwanda and All SudanInner Africa]]*His Eminence [[Meletios (Koumanis) of Carthage|Khartoum and SudanMeletios (Koumanis)]], Exarch Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of All SudanCarthage|Carthage and North Africa]]*His Eminence [[Gregory Daniel (StergiouBiazis) of CameroonAksum|Gregory Daniel (StergiouBiazis)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of CameroonAksum|Aksum and All Ethiopia]]*His Eminence [[Theodosios (Tsitsivos) of Kananga|CameroonTheodosios (Tsitsivos)]], Exarch Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Central Kananga|Kananga and Equatorial Africa]]*His Eminence [[Damaskinos Petros II (PapandreouParginos) of Accra|Damaskinos Petros II (PapandreouParginos)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Accra|Accraand West Africa]] === Auxiliary Metropolitans ===*His Eminence [[Ioakeim Athanasios (KontobasKykkotis) of ZambiaCyrene|Athanasios (Kykkotis)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Cyrene|Cyrene and the Libyan Sea]]*His Eminence [[Theodoros (Dimitriou) of Heliopolis|Theodoros (Dimitriou)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Heliopolis|Heliopolis and Middle Egypt]]*His Eminence [[Narkissos (Gammoh) of Naucratis|Ioakeim Narkissos (KontobasGammoh)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Diocese Archdiocese of ZambiaNaucratis|ZambiaNaucratis and the Egyptian Nile]]
===Diocesan Bishops===*His Grace [[Savvas Neophytos (HeimonettosKongai) of Burundi and RwandaNyeri|Savvas Neophytos (HeimonettosKongai)]], Bishop of Burundi and Rwanda[[Diocese of Nyeri|Nyeri-Mount Kenya]]*His Grace [[Agathonikos (Nikolaidis) of Arusha|Agathonikos (Nikolaidis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Arusha|Arusha-Central Tanzania]]*His Grace [[Sylvestros (Kisitu) of Gulu|Sylvestros (Kisitu)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Gulu|BurundiGulu-Eastern Uganda]]*His Grace [[Ignatios Photios (SennisHatziantoniou) of MadagascarMalawi|Ignatios Photios (SennisHatziantoniou)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of MadagascarMalawi|MadagascarMalawi]]*His Grace [[Meletios Prodromos (KamiloudesKatsoulis) of KatangaToliara|Meletios Prodromos (KamiloudesKatsoulis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of KatangaToliara|KatangaToliara-Southern Madagascar]]*His Grace [[Theodoros Markos (DimitriouTheodosis) of MozambiqueKisumu|Theodoros Markos (DimitriouTheodosis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of MozambiqueKisumu|MozambiqueKisumu-Western Kenya]]
===Auxiliary BishopsTitular Metropolitans ===*His Grace Athanasios Excellency [[Porphyrios (Skikos) of Cyrene*His Grace Gabriel of Mareotis*His Grace Spyridon of Kanopou*His Grace Nikodemos Thebes|Porphyrios (Skikos)]], Metropolitan of Nitria*His Grace Gennadios [[Archdiocese of NilopolisThebes|Thebes]]
===Titular ArchbishopsBishops===*His Excellency Theoklitos Grace [[Nicholas (Boulaxis) of HelioupolisNitria|Nicholas (Boulaxis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Nitria|Nitria]]*His Excellency Philemon Grace [[Theodoros (Dridakis) of KarvasosBabylon|Theodoros (Dridakis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Babylon|Babylon]]*His Excellency Ioakeim Grace [[Germanos (Galanis) of Tamiathus*His Excellency Porfyrios Damietta|Germanos (Galanis)]], Bishop of Thivais*His Excellency Kyrillos [[Diocese of Nafkratis Damietta|Damietta]]
===Retired Bishops===
*His Eminence [[Panteleimon (Lampadarios) of Antinoe|Panteleimon (Lampadarios)]], Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Antinoe|Antinoe]]*His Grace Petros [[Vasilios (Varvelis) of Arsinoe|Vasilios (Varvelis)]], Bishop of Nikopolis[[Diocese of Arsinoe in Arcadia|Arsinoe]]
==Holy Archdioceses Metropolises and Bishoprics==
{| borderclass="1wikitable sortable" !class=unsortable|Bishopric!!data-sort-type="number"|Established!!See!!Jurisdiction |- |[[Archdiocese of Carthage|Metropolis of Carthage]] ||data-sort-value="0"|1st c.||Tunis||'''Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco, Western Sahara''' |- |[[Archdiocese of Memphis|Metropolis of Memphis]] ||data-sort-value="300"|4th c.||Cairo||'''Egypt''' (Cairo) |- |[[Archdiocese of Pelusium|Metropolis of Pelusium]] ||data-sort-value="300"|4th c.||Port Said||'''Egypt''' (Port Said, Dakahlia, Damietta) |- |[[Archdiocese of Leontopolis|Metropolis of Leontopolis]] ||data-sort-value="300"|4th c.||Ismailia||'''Egypt''' (Ismailia, Sharqia, Suez) |- |[[Archdiocese of Aksum|Metropolis of Aksum]] ||data-sort-value="300"|4th c.||Addis-Abeba||'''Ethiopia''', '''Djibouti''', '''Somalia''' |- |[[Archdiocese of Tripoli|Metropolis of Tripoli]] || 1866 || Tripoli ||'''Libya''' |- |[[Archdioceseof Ptolemais|Metropolis of Ptolemais]]|| 1908 ||Minya |Established|'''Egypt''' (Giza, Minya, Sohag, Asyut, Faiyum, Qena, Beni Suef, Aswan, Luxor, Red Sea, New Valley) |- |[[Archdiocese of Nubia|Metropolis of Nubia]] || 1908 || Khartoum ||'''Sudan''', '''South Sudan''', '''Eritrea''' |- |[[Archdiocese of Hermopolis|Metropolis of Hermopolis]] || 1927 || Tanta||'''Egypt''' (Arab-speaking communities) |- |[[Archdiocese of Johannesburg|Metropolis of Johannesburg]]|| 1927 || Johannesburg ||'''South Africa''' (Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, North West) |- |[[Metropolis of Nairobi]] || 1958 || Nairobi ||'''Kenya''' |- |[[Archdiocese of Kinshasa|Metropolis of Kinshasa]] || 1958 || Kinshasa ||'''Congo''' (Kinshasa, North Kivu, South Kivu, Congo Central, Kwilu, Ituri, South Ubangi, Tshopo, Maniema, Kwango, Upper Uele, Mongala, Mai-Ndombe, Equator, North Ubangi, Tshuapa, Lower Uele) |- |[[Archdiocese of Cameroon|Metropolis of Cameroon]] || 1959 ||SeeYaounde ||Jurisdiction'''Cameroon''', '''Chad''', '''Central African Republic''', '''Equatorial Guinea''', '''Saint Thomas and Prince'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese Metropolis of MemphisZimbabwe]] ||??1964 ||HeliopolisHarare ||'''Zimbabwe''', Cairo - '''EgyptAngola''', '''Mozambique'''||
|-
|[[Archdiocese of Leontopolisthe Cape of Good Hope|Metropolis of Good Hope]]||??1968||Cape Town ||Ismailia '''South Africa''' (KwaZulu- Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Free State, Northern Cape), '''Namibia''Egypt', ''||'Eswatini''', '''Lesotho''', '''Saint Helen'''Ismailia, Suez'''Ascension''', Zagzik'''Tristan da Cunha'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese Metropolis of PilousionMwanza]] ||??1992 || Mwanza ||Port Said - '''EgyptTanzania'''||''Port Said(Mwanza, Mbeya, Kagera, Tabora, Morogoro, Kigoma, Dodoma, Mara, Geita, Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Simiyu, Shinyanga, Manyara, Ruvuma, Singida, Rukwa, Iringa, MansouraNjombe, DamietteKatavi, Kantara''Songwe)
|-
|[[Metropolis of Ptolemais|Archdiocese of PtolemaisKampala]] ||??1994 || Kampala ||Minia - '''Egypt'''||'Uganda'Upper Egypt, Luxor, Aswan, Minia, Fayum, Asiut, Beni Suef''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of ErmoupolisAccra|Metropolis of Accra]] ||??1997 || Accra ||Tanta – '''EgyptGhana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso'''||
|-
|[[Archdiocese of TripolisAntananarivo|Metropolis of Antananarivo]]||1866,<br>1959,<br>20041997 ||Tripoli - LibyaAntananarivo ||''Marsa Matrouh in Egypt'Madagascar''', '''Mayotte''', '''The Comoros''', '''The Mascarenes''', ''[['Libya]]Scattered Islands'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of CarthageNigeria|Metropolis of Nigeria]] ||19311997 ||Tunis - TunisiaLagos ||'''[[Tunisia]]Nigeria''', Algeria'''Niger''', Mauritania'''Benin''', Morocco'''Togo'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of CyreneIrinoupolis|Metropolis of Irinoupolis]] || 1999 || Dar es-Salaam ||??'''Tanzania''' (Dar es-Salaam, Tanga, Mtwara, Pwani, Lindi, West Zanzibar, North Pemba, South Pemba, North Zanzibar, South Zanzibar), '''Seychelles'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of Khartoum and All SudanZambia|Archdiocese Metropolis of KhartoumZambia]] ||??2001 ||Khartoum - SudanLusaka ||'''SudanZambia''', '''Malawi'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of AksumKatanga|Metropolis of Katanga]] ||??2006 ||Addis-Abeba - EthiopiaLubumbashi ||'''EthiopiaCongo''' (Upper Katanga, EritreaTanganyika, DjiboutiUpper Lomami, Somalia'''Lualaba)
|-
|[[Archdiocese Diocese of KenyaMozambique]] ||??2006 ||Nairobi - KenyaMaputo ||'''KenyaMozambique'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of Kampala and All UgandaBurundi|Metropolis of Burundi]] ||??2009 ||Kampala - UgandaBujumbura ||'''UgandaBurundi''', '''Rwanda'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of AccraBotswana|Metropolis of Botswana]] ||1997,<br>20092010 ||Accra - GhanaGabarone ||'''Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, [[Sierra Leone]], Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, GambiaBotswana'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of NigeriaBrazzaville|Metropolis of Brazzaville]] ||1997,<br>20042010 ||Lagos - NigeriaBrazzaville ||'''NigeriaCongo''' (Brazzaville, NigerPointe-Noire, BeninBuenza, TogoMpumbu, Niadi, Plateau, Kuvete, Likuala, Lekumu, Kwilu, Sangha, West Kuvete), '''Gabon'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of CameroonGuinea|Metropolis of Guinea]] ||??2010 ||Yaounde - CameroonConakry ||'''CameroonGuinea''', Chad'''Sierra Leone''', Central African Republic'''Liberia''', Gabon'''Guinea Bissau''', Equatorial Guinea'''Gambia''', Islands of '''St ThomasSenegal''' and , '''PrincipeCape Verde'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese Diocese of Central AfricaKisumu]]||??2015 ||Kinshasa - Democratic Republic of CongoKisumu ||'''Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazaville (Republic of the Congo)Kenya'''(Kisumu, Kakamega, Bungoma, Kisii, Homa Bay, Migori, Siaya, Busia, Nyamira, Vihiga)
|-
|[[Diocese of KatangaNyeri]] ||2006,<br>20092015 ||Lubumbasi - CongoNyeri ||''Katanga Province in the Congo'Kenya'''(Nyeri, Kiambu, Muranga, Nyandarua, Kirinyaga)
|-
|[[Diocese of Burundi and RwandaArusha]] ||20092016 ||Bujumbura in BurundiArusha ||'''Burundi, RwandaTanzania'''(Arusha, Morogoro, Dodoma, Kilimanjaro, ''a great area of the Eastern Congo''Manyara, Singida, Iringa)
|-
|[[Archdiocese of MwanzaKananga|Metropolis of Kananga]] ||??2018 ||Bukoba - TanzaniaKananga ||'''TanzaniaCongo''' (Kasai, Central Kasai, Eastern Kasai, Lomami, Sankuru)
|-
|[[Archdiocese Diocese of IrinoupolisGoma]] ||??2018 ||Dar-es-Salaam - TanzaniaGoma ||'''Tanzania, Seychelle IslandsCongo'''(North Kivu, South Kivu, Maniema)
|-
|[[Archdiocese Diocese of ZambiaGulu]] ||2001,<br>20092018 ||Lusaka - ZambiaGulu ||'''Zambia, MalawiUganda'''(Eastern, Northern)
|-
|[[Archdiocese Diocese of ZimbabweKisangani]] ||??2018 ||Harare - ZimbabweKisangani ||'''ZimbabweCongo''' (Tshopo, AngolaIturi, MalawiUpper Uele, Botswana'''Lower Uele)
|-
|[[Archdiocese Diocese of Johannesburg and PretoriaMalawi]]||19272018 ||Johannesburg - South AfricaMalawi ||''(The areas from East Africa, the Equator down to the Cape of Good Hope)'Malawi'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese Diocese of the Cape of Good HopeToliara]]||19682018 ||Cape Town - South AfricaToliara ||'''Namibia, Swaziland, LesothoMadagascar''', and the following areas of the Cape (West and East): ''Port ElizabethAtsimo-Andrefana, East LondonUpper Matsiatra, BloemfonteinVatovavy-Fitovinany, WelkomAtsimo-Atsinanana, GeorgeAndroy, KnysnaAmoroni Mania, KimberleyAnosy, PietermaritzburgMenabe, all Natal''Ihorombe)
|-
|[[Diocese of MozambiqueBukoba]]||20062019 ||Maputo - MozambiqueBukoba ||'''MozambiqueTanzania'''(Kagera)
|-
|[[Diocese of MadagascarEldoret]]||19972019 ||Antananarivo - MadagascarEldoret ||'''Madagascar''', Islands of '''Mauritius, Reunion, Comores, MaillotKenya'''(Uasin Gishu)
|}
== See also ==
*[[Orthodoxy in Africa]]
*[[List of Patriarchs of Alexandria]]
==External links==
*[http://www.greekorthodox-alexandriapatriarchateofalexandria.orgcom/ index.php?lang=en The Patriarchate of Alexandria] (Official site)*[http://www.greece.org/gopatalex/SA/ Archbishopric of Johannesburg and Pretoria]*[http://www.greekorthodox-alexandriapatriarchateofalexandria.orgcom/History/list_patrindex.htm List of php?module=content&cid=001003 Previous Patriarchs]*[http://www.greekorthodox-alexandriaorthodoxresearchinstitute.org/Historyarticles/church_history/hist_patrmakarios_patriarchate_alexandria.htm html History of the Patriarchate]*[http://www.metropolisofcameroon.org/ The Metropolis of Cameroon Website] (Official site)
==Sources==
*[http://www.patriarchateofalexandria.com/index.php?module=content&cid=004001 Patriarchate of Alexandria website - Archdioceses]
*[http://www.patriarchateofalexandria.com/index.php?module=content&cid=004002 Patriarchate of Alexandria website - Dioceses]
*[http://www.cnewa.org/ecc-bodypg-usdefault.aspx?eccpageIDID=14&IndexViewpagetypeID=toc 9&sitecode=HQ&pageno=1 Eastern Christian Churches: Patriarchate of Alexandria] by Ronald Roberson, a Roman Catholic priest and scholar*[http://markmarkou.sites.sch.gr/2021/alex2021.htm The Patriarchate of Alexandria in 2021] by Markos Markos
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