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{{church|
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]]|
website=[http://www.patriarchateofalexandria.com/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.
== 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 Holy Synod===
*His Beatitude [[Theodoros II (Choreftakis) of Alexandria|Theodoros II]], Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa
*His Eminence [[Makarios (Tillyrides) of Nairobi|Makarios (Tillyrides)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Nairobi|Nairobi and All Kenya]]*His Eminence [[Jonah (Lwanga) of Kampala|Jonah (Lwanga)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Kampala|Kampala and All Uganda]]*His Eminence [[Seraphim (Kykkotis) of Zimbabwe|Seraphim (Kykkotis)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Zimbabwe|Zimbabwe and -Angola and Southern Africa]]*His Eminence [[Alexandros (Gianniris) of Nigeria|Alexander Alexandros (Gianniris)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Nigeria|Nigeria and the Gulf of Guinea]]*His Eminence [[Theophylaktos (Tzoumerkas) of Tripoli|Theophylaktos (Tzoumerkas)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Tripoli|Tripoli and All Lybia]]*His Eminence [[Sergios (Kykkotis) of the Cape of Good Hope|Sergios (Kykkotis)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of the [[Archdiocese of the Cape of Good Hope|Cape of Good Hope and All Natal and Dependencies]]*His Eminence [[Ieronymos (Muzeeyi) of Mwanza|Ieronymos (Muzeeyi)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Mwanza|Mwanza and Western Tanzania]]*His Eminence [[George (Vladimirou) of Guinea|George (Vladimirou)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Guinea|Guinea and the African Coast]]*His Eminence [[Nicholas II (Antoniou) of Hermopolis|Nicholas II (Antoniou)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Hermopolis|Hermopolis and Egypt Primum]]*His Eminence [[Dimitrios (Zaharengas) of Irinoupolis|Dimitrios (Zaharengas)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Irinoupolis|Irinoupolis and Eastern Tanzania and Seychelles]]*His Eminence [[Damaskinos (Papandreou) of Johannesburg|Damaskinos (Papandreou)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Johannesburg|Johannesburg and -Pretoria and All South Africa]]*His Eminence [[Ignatios (Sennis) of Antananarivo|Ignatios (Sennis)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Antananarivo|Antananarivo and -Northern Madagascar and Indian Islands]]*His Eminence [[Emmanuel (Kiagias) of Ptolemais|Emmanuel (Kiagias)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Ptolemais|Ptolemais and Upper Egypt]]*His Eminence [[Gregory (Stergiou) of Cameroon|Gregory (Stergiou)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Cameroon|Cameroon and Central Africa]]*His Eminence [[Gabriel (Raftopoulos) of Leontopolis|Gabriel (Raftopoulos)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Leontopolis|Leontopolis and Augustamnica Secunda and the Red Sea]]*His Eminence [[Nikodemos II (Priangelos) of Memphis|Nikodemos II (Priangelos)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Memphis|Memphis and All Egypt]]*His Eminence [[Meletios (Kamiloudes) of Katanga|Meletios (Kamiloudes)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Katanga|Katanga and Mainland Africa]]*His Eminence [[Gennadios (Stantzios) of Botswana|Gennadios (Stantzios)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Botswana|Botswana and All the Kalahari]]*His Eminence [[Savvas (Heimonetos) of Nubia|Savvas (Heimonetos)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Nubia|Nubia and All Sudan and Eritrea]]*His Eminence [[Ioannis (Tsaftaridis) of Zambia|Ioannis (Tsaftaridis)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Zambia|Zambia and Middle Africa]]*His Eminence [[Nikiforos (Mikragiannanitis) of Kinshasa|Nikiforos (Mikragiannanitis)]], Archbishop of [[Archdiocese of Kinshasa|Kinshasa and Central Africa]]*His Eminence [[Panteleimon (Arathymos) of Brazzaville|Panteleimon (Arathymos)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Brazzaville|Brazzaville and -Gabon and Atlantic Africa]]*His Eminence [[Innocent (Byakatonda) of Burundi|Innocent (Byakatonda)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Burundi|Burundi and -Rwanda and Inner Africa]]*His Eminence [[Meletios (Koumanis) of Carthage|Meletios (Koumanis)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Carthage|Carthage and North Africa]]*His Eminence [[Daniel (Biazis) of Aksum|Daniel (Biazis)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Aksum|Aksum and All Ethiopia]]*His Eminence [[Theodosios (Tsitsivos) of Kananga|Theodosios (Tsitsivos)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Kananga|Kananga and Equatorial Africa]]*His Eminence [[Petros II (Parginos) of Accra|Petros II (Parginos)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Accra|Accra and West Africa]]
===Auxiliary ArchbishopsMetropolitans ===*His Eminence [[Athanasios (Kykkotis) of Cyrene|Athanasios (Kykkotis)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Cyrene|Cyrene and the Libyan Sea]]*His Eminence [[Theodoros (Dimitriou) of Heliopolis|Theodoros (Dimitriou)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Heliopolis|Heliopolis and Middle Egypt]]*His Eminence [[Narkissos (Gammoh) of Naucratis|Narkissos (Gammoh)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Naucratis|Naucratis and the Egyptian Nile]]
===Diocesan Bishops===*His Grace [[Chrysotomos (Karagounis) of Mozambique|Chrysotomos (Karagounis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Mozambique|Mozambique]]*His Grace [[Neophytos (Kongai) of Nyeri|Neophytos (Kongai)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Nyeri|Nyeri and -Mount Kenya]]*His Grace [[Agathonikos (Nikolaidis) of Arusha|Agathonikos (Nikolaidis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Arusha|Arusha and -Central Tanzania]]*His Grace [[Sylvestros (Kisitu) of Gulu|Sylvestros (Kisitu)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Gulu|Gulu and -Eastern Uganda]]
*His Grace [[Photios (Hatziantoniou) of Malawi|Photios (Hatziantoniou)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Malawi|Malawi]]
*His Grace [[Prodromos (Katsoulis) of Toliara|Prodromos (Katsoulis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Toliara|Toliara and -Southern Madagascar]]*His Grace [[Markos (Theodosis) of Kisumu|Markos (Theodosis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Kisumu|Kisumu and -Western Kenya]]
===Titular ArchbishopsMetropolitans ===*His Excellency [[Porphyrios (Skikos) of Thebes|Porphyrios (Skikos)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Thebes|Thebes]]
===Titular Bishops===
*His Grace [[Nicholas (Boulaxis) of Nitria|Nicholas (Boulaxis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Nitria|Nitria]]
*His Grace [[Theodoros (DidrakisDridakis) of BabyloniaBabylon|Theodoros (DidrakisDridakis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of BabyloniaBabylon|BabyloniaBabylon]]
*His Grace [[Germanos (Galanis) of Damietta|Germanos (Galanis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Damietta|Damietta]]
===Retired Bishops===
*His Eminence [[Panteleimon (Lampadarios) of Antinoe|Panteleimon (Lampadarios)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Antinoe|Antinoe]]*His Eminence [[Proterios (Pavlopoulos) of Diospolis|Proterios (Pavlopoulos)]], Archbishop Metropolitan of [[Archdiocese of Diospolis|Diospolis]]
*His Grace [[Vasilios (Varvelis) of Arsinoe|Vasilios (Varvelis)]], Bishop of [[Diocese of Arsinoe in Arcadia|Arsinoe]]
==Holy Archdioceses Metropolises and Bishoprics==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!class=unsortable|ArchdioceseBishopric!!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]]'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of Ptolemais|Metropolis of Ptolemais]] || 1908 || Minya ||'''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)
|-
|[[Archdiocese 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 || Yaounde ||'''Cameroon''', '''Chad''', '''Central African Republic''', '''Equatorial Guinea''', '''Saint Thomas and Prince'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese Metropolis of Zimbabwe]] || 1964 || Harare ||'''[[Zimbabwe]]''', '''[[Angola]]''', '''[[Mozambique]]'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of the Cape of Good Hope|Metropolis of Good Hope]]||1968||Cape Town ||'''South Africa''' (KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape, Free State, Northern Cape), '''Namibia''', '''Eswatini''', '''Lesotho''', '''Saint Helen''', '''Ascension''', '''Tristan da Cunha'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese Metropolis of Mwanza]] || 1992 || Mwanza ||'''Tanzania''' (Mwanza, Mbeya, Kagera, Tabora, Morogoro, Kigoma, Dodoma, Mara, Geita, Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Simiyu, Shinyanga, Manyara, Ruvuma, Singida, Rukwa, Iringa, Njombe, Katavi, Songwe)
|-
|[[Archdiocese Metropolis of Kampala]] || 1994 || Kampala ||'''[[Uganda]]'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of Accra|Metropolis of Accra]] || 1997 || Accra ||'''Ghana, Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of Antananarivo|Metropolis of Antananarivo]]||1997 || Antananarivo ||'''Madagascar''', '''Mayotte''', '''The Comoros''', '''The Mascarenes''', '''Scattered Islands'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of Nigeria|Metropolis of Nigeria]] || 1997 || Lagos ||'''Nigeria''', '''Niger''', '''Benin''', '''Togo'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of Irinoupolis|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 Zambia|Metropolis of Zambia]] || 2001 || Lusaka ||'''Zambia''', '''Malawi'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of Katanga|Metropolis of Katanga]] || 2006 || Lubumbashi ||'''Congo''' (Upper Katanga, Tanganyika, Upper Lomami, Lualaba)
|-
|[[Diocese of Mozambique]] || 2006 || Maputo ||'''Mozambique'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of Burundi|Metropolis of Burundi]] || 2009 || Bujumbura ||'''Burundi''', '''Rwanda'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of Botswana|Metropolis of Botswana]] || 2010 || Gabarone ||'''Botswana''', '''Namibia'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of Brazzaville|Metropolis of Brazzaville]] || 2010 || Brazzaville ||'''Congo''' (Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, Buenza, Mpumbu, Niadi, Plateau, Kuvete, Likuala, Lekumu, Kwilu, Sangha, West Kuvete), '''Gabon'''
|-
|[[Archdiocese of Guinea|Metropolis of Guinea]] || 2010 || Conakry ||'''Guinea''', '''Sierra Leone''', '''Liberia''', '''Guinea Bissau''', '''Gambia''', '''Senegal''', '''Cape Verde'''
|-
|[[Diocese of Kisumu]] || 2015 || Kisumu ||'''Kenya''' (Kisumu, Kakamega, Bungoma, Kisii, Homa Bay, Migori, Siaya, Busia, Nyamira, Vihiga)
|-
|[[Diocese of Nyeri]] || 2015 || Nyeri ||'''Kenya''' (Nyeri, Kiambu, Muranga, Nyandarua, Kirinyaga)
|-
|[[Diocese of Arusha]] || 2016 || Arusha ||'''Tanzania''' (Arusha, Morogoro, Dodoma, Kilimanjaro, Manyara, Singida, Iringa)
|-
|[[Archdiocese of Kananga|Metropolis of Kananga]] || 2018 || Kananga ||'''Congo''' (Kasai, Central Kasai, Eastern Kasai, Lomami, Sankuru)
|-
|[[Diocese of Goma]] || 2018 || Goma ||'''Congo''' (North Kivu, South Kivu, Maniema)
|-
|[[Diocese of Gulu]] || 2018 || Gulu ||'''Uganda''' (Eastern, Northern)
|-
|[[Diocese of Kisangani]] || 2018 || Kisangani ||'''Congo''' (Tshopo, Ituri, Upper Uele, Lower Uele)
|-
|[[Diocese of Malawi]] || 2018 || Malawi ||'''Malawi'''
|-
|[[Diocese of Toliara]] || 2018 || Toliara ||'''Madagascar''' (Atsimo-Andrefana, Upper Matsiatra, Vatovavy-Fitovinany, Atsimo-Atsinanana, Androy, Amoroni Mania, Anosy, Menabe, Ihorombe)
|-
|[[Diocese of Bukoba]] || 2019 || Bukoba ||'''Tanzania''' (Kagera)
|-
|[[Diocese of Eldoret]] || 2019 || Eldoret ||'''Kenya''' (Uasin Gishu)
|}
==External links==
*[http://www.patriarchateofalexandria.com/index.php?lang=en The Patriarchate of Alexandria] (Official site)
*[http://www.patriarchateofalexandria.com/index.php?module=content&cid=001003 Previous Patriarchs]
*[http://www.orthodoxresearchinstitute.org/articles/church_history/makarios_patriarchate_alexandria.html History of the Patriarchate]
==Sources==